{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009/article-60",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009/article-60.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1096",
  "legislation_title": "The Service Custody and Service of Relevant Sentences Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/60",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "60",
  "heading": "Privileges of detainees under sentence",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (7), a detainee serving a sentence of service detention shall—\n(a) enjoy such privileges as the commandant determines should be available to such detainees in his stage of training; and\n(b) have the opportunity to progress to higher stages and enjoy greater privileges.\n(2) The commandant, with the approval of an inspector of service custody premises, shall from time to time decide—\n(a) the different stages of training through which, subject to paragraph (3), such detainees may progress;\n(b) the privileges available to detainees in each stage; and\n(c) the criteria for, and any procedures relating to, progression to each stage.\n(3) The commandant shall decide the progress to higher stages of such detainees by reference to their conduct and the criteria referred to in paragraph 2(c).\n(4) A detainee who has been sentenced to service detention for a period of less than twenty-eight days shall not be able to progress to a higher stage of training.\n(5) The privileges available to such detainees at different training stages may include—\n(a) free and unescorted movement within limits laid down by the commandant;\n(b) a reduction in supervision by members of the staff of the MCTC;\n(c) permission to purchase articles in accordance with any general or specific approval of the commandant;\n(d) an increased reimbursement allowance;\n(e) temporary release in the locality of MCTC; and\n(f) leave to assist with social or service reintegration after completion of sentence.\n(6) The commandant shall make available to all such detainees details of—\n(a) the number of stages of training currently in place;\n(b) the privileges available to detainees in each stage; and\n(c) the criteria for, and any procedures relating to, progression to each stage.\n(7) In the case of such a detainee who has progressed beyond the first stage of training, the commandant may relegate him to a lower stage of training having regard to his conduct generally or failure to maintain the criteria for progression to his current stage of training.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 60 in force at 31.10.2009, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1096/article/60",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:42.593997+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."
}