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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006/article-120",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/94",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/120",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "120",
  "heading": "Suspended punishments",
  "text": "(1) The power of the Governor to impose a punishment under rule 119(1) (other than a caution) includes power to direct that the punishment shall not take effect unless, during such period of the prisoner’s sentence as shall be specified in the direction (not being more than 6 months (or 3 months in the case of an untried prisoner) from the date of the direction), the prisoner commits another breach of discipline and a direction is given under paragraph (2).\n(2) Where a prisoner is found guilty of a breach of discipline committed during the period specified in a direction by the Governor under paragraph (1) then the Governor dealing with that breach may–\n(a) direct that the suspended punishment shall take effect;\n(b) reduce the period or the amount of the suspended punishment and direct that it shall take effect as so reduced;\n(c) vary the original direction by substituting for the period specified a period expiring not later than six months from the date of variation; or\n(d) give no direction with respect to the suspended punishment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/331",
      "affecting_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/94/article/120",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:21:12.909031+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}