{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989/section-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989/section-42.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/45",
  "legislation_title": "Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Exercise of power to make rules, etc.",
  "text": "(1) Any power of the Secretary of State to make rules or regulations under this Act, and the power of the Secretary of State to make an order under section . . . section 22(2) or 37(1) of this Act, shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.\n(2) Any statutory instrument containingregulations made under section 7A(4), an order made under section 37(1) or rules made under section 39 of this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n( 3 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n( 4 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 41B(3) added (8.2.2006) by Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 14), ss. 16(c)(iii), 24(2); S.S.I. 2006/48, art. 3(1), sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 42(1) repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993 c. 9, s. 47(3), Sch. 7 Pt.I (with s. 47(2), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 2); S.I. 1993/2050, art. 3(4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 42(1) substituted (27.6.2003) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7), s. 89(2), Sch. 4 para. 1(a); S.S.I. 2003/288, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 42(2) inserted (31.8.2015) by The Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/39), arts. 1, 2(10) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 42(2) substituted (18.8.1993) by 1993 c. 9, s. 47(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(8) (with s. 47(2), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 2); S.I. 1993/2050, art. 3(2), Sch. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 42(3)(4) repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993 c. 9, s. 47(3), Sch. 7 Pt.I (with s. 47(2), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 2); S.I. 1993/2050, art. 3(4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "s. 42(4) further amended (27.6.2003) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7), s. 89(2), Sch. 4 para. 1(b); S.S.I. 2003/288, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/45/section/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:44:44.436072+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."
}