The Prison (Amendment) Rules 1993

Made: 7th March 1993

Laid before Parliament: 15th March 1993

Coming into force: 5th April 1993

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 47 of the Prison Act 1952[^f00001], I hereby make the following Rules:

1

These Rules may be cited as the Prison (Amendment) Rules 1993 and shall come into force on 5th April 1993.

2

In rule 99 of the Prison Rules 1964[^f00002], after the words “ “officer” means an officer of a prison” there shall be inserted “and, for the purposes of rule 38(2) of these Rules, includes a prisoner custody officer who is authorised to perform escort functions in accordance with section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991[^f00003];”.

Signed

Kenneth Clarke — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 7th March 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Prison Rules 1964, as amended, by extending the meaning of “officer”, for the purposes of rule 38(2), so that it includes a prisoner custody officer who is authorised to perform escort functions in accordance with section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1952 c. 52; section 47 was affected by an amendment to section 52(2) of that Act by section 66(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1964/388; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1971/2019, 1972/1860 and 1992/514.

[^f00003]: 1991 c. 53.