# Scotland Act 1998, Paragraph 27


(1) The Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 is amended as follows.
(2) Section 2 of that Act (appointment of officers etc.) is omitted.
(3) In section 3(1) (prison officers), for the words following “Secretary of State” there is substituted—
“(1A) Every prison shall have a governor and such other officers as may be necessary.”
(4) In section 3A (medical services)—
(a) in subsection (2), for “appointing” there is substituted “ providing ” and for “appointment” there is substituted “ provision ”, and
(b) in subsection (4), for “appointed” there is substituted “ provided ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/schedule/8/paragraph/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/schedule-8/paragraph-27
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