# The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994, Article 2: Application to young offenders institutions and young offenders


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Rules apply to young offenders institutions and–
(a) to persons on whom detention in a young offenders institution has been imposed under section 207(2) or 415(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975; and
(b) persons sentenced under section 205 of that Act to be detained without limit of time or for life and who are directed or sentenced to be detained in a young offenders institution,
as they apply to prisons and prisoners; and references in these Rules to prison, prisoner, imprisonment or a sentence of imprisonment shall be construed, except where the context otherwise requires, as references to young offenders institutions, young offender, detention or a sentence of detention in a young offenders institution respectively.
(2) The application of these Rules as mentioned in paragraph (1) is subject to the exceptions and modifications set out in Schedule 1.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1931/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-2
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