Section 16 Discharge of prisoners.C1

Scotland

F1(1)

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(2)

A prisoner discharged from a prison situated outside the F2. . . area in which he was convicted shall be entitled to be taken back to that . . . area at the expense of the Secretary of State.

F3(3)

In this section, “area” means the area of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 16(1) repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993 c. 9, s. 47(3), Sch. 7 Pt. I (with s. 47(2), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 2); S.I. 1993/2050, art. 3(4).
F2: Words in s. 16(2) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 162(1)(4)(a), Sch. 14; S.I. 1995/3326, art. 3(a)(b)
F3: S. 16(3) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 162(1)(4)(b); S.I. 1995/3326, art. 3(a)(b)

Modifications

C1: S. 16 amended (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para. 70(1)-(3); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(y)(2)(u)