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Article 147 Direction with respect to temporary release

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For the purposes of temporary release consisting of any form of leave or release specified in rules 140 to 144, the Scottish Ministers may specify in a direction–

(a)

the prisons or any halls within or parts of particular prisons to which any of those rules applies;

(b)

the manner in which the Governor shall consider an application for any such form of temporary release;

(c)

the relevant criteria about which the Governor must be satisfied before granting any such form of temporary release;

(d)

the conditions which may be imposed in relation to any approval of such an application;

(e)

the timing and duration of any such form of temporary release and the frequency with which it may be granted to an eligible prisoner; and

(f)

the persons who are to be treated as a near relative of the prisoner.