The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994

means a prisoner– (a) who appeals under section 228 or 442 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 against his conviction or sentence, or both his conviction and sentence;

means the person who is appointed pursuant to section 3(2) of the Act as the chaplain to a prison;

means temporary release from a prison of a prisoner for the purpose of enabling him to visit his home or other approved place for a period of up to 5 days, excluding travelling time, at Christmas or during the summer;

means a person who is committed to prison– (a) by virtue of non-compliance with an order under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988;

means visiting facilities which adopt special security features including physical barriers between prisoner and visitor;

includes footwear, jewellery and other objects worn for personal adornment;

has the same meaning as in section 51(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;

includes the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, the European Commission of Human Rights and the Parole Board for Scotland.

means an employee (not being an officer of a prison) appointed by the Secretary of State under section 2(1) of the Act;

means leave of absence under escort from the prison, for a period not exceeding 1 day, of a prisoner for the purpose of enabling him–

has the same meaning as in Part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;

means– (a) in rule 78 and in any rule in Part 11 (other than rules 102 and 103), the officer who is appointed under section 3 of the Act as the Governor in charge of the prison;

means a person who is entitled to practise– (a) as a solicitor, an advocate or a barrister in any part of the United Kingdom;

includes any communication in written form which– (a) is directed to a specific person or address;

means a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for life;

means the temporary release of a prisoner for the purpose of enabling him to visit his home or other approved place for a period not exceeding 5 days, excluding travelling time.

means an officer of a prison who is appointed by the Secretary of State under section 3(1) of the Act to be a medical officer of that prison;

means an officer of the prison appointed by the Secretary of State and includes the Governor;

has the same meaning as in Part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;

means temporary release of an eligible prisoner for the purposes of enabling him to visit his home or other approved place for a period not exceeding 3 days prior to the date fixed for his release on licence.

means temporary release from a prison of a prisoner who has been approved for transfer to a training for freedom hostel, for the purpose of enabling him to visit his home or other approved place for a period not exceeding 5 days, excluding travelling time, prior to transfer to such a hostel.

means–

means a person who is appointed by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 9(1) of the Act as a minister to a prison;

means– (a) any drug which is a controlled drug for the purposes of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971;

means– (a) a person who is recognised by Her Majesty’s Government as a refugee within the meaning of the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 as extended by the Protocol thereto which entered into force on 4th October 1987 or, as the case may be, the Protocol relating to the status of refugees done at New York on 31st January 1967;

means an officer who is required by the Governor to supervise a specific area of living accommodation for prisoners;

means an officer who is required by the Governor to manage a number of areas of living accommodation for prisoners;

means a body belt.

means a category assigned in accordance with rule 12;

means temporary release from a prison of a prisoner for the purpose of enabling him to visit his home or other approved place for a period not exceeding 48 hours, excluding travelling time;

has the same meaning as in Part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;

means a room or cell which is adapted for the temporary accommodation of refractory or violent prisoners and whose features may include special sound-proofing, strengthened fixtures and fittings or the absence of any window;

means leave of absence from the prison of a prisoner for the purpose of being escorted to his home or other approved place for a visit not exceeding 2 hours, excluding travelling time.

has the meaning assigned to it in article 1 of the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 1954;

means the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993;

means the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989;

means that part of a prison, so designated by the Governor, used for custody of prisoners prior to release who are involved in work and other activities approved by the Governor outwith the prison;

means the temporary release for a period not exceeding 1 day of an eligible prisoner who is for the time being assigned security category D for the purpose of enabling him–

means a person who is committed to prison– (a) for examination or trial on any criminal charge;

means a minister who is allowed to visit prisoners of his denomination in terms of section 9(3) of the Act;

means a prisoner who is under 16 years of age.