Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Prison (Amendment) Rules 2008 and shall come into force on 1st April 2008.

Amendment of the Prison Rules 1999

2. The Prison Rules 1999( 2 ) are amended as follows.

3. In rule 2(1) (interpretation), the following definition shall be added in the appropriate place—

“ “information technology equipment” includes any laptop or notebook computer, desktop computer, gaming console, handheld computing device, personal organiser or any electronic device containing a computer processor and capable of connecting to the internet, and any reference to information technology equipment includes a reference to–

(a) a component part of a device of that description; or

(b) any article designed or adapted for use with any information technology equipment (including any disk, film or other separate article on which images, sounds, computer code or other information may be stored or recorded) ” .

4. For “board of visitors” substitute “independent monitoring board” in—

(a) each place where it occurs in rules 11(1), 22(2), 35(6), 43(1), 49(2) and (4)( 3 ), 73(2), 74( 4 ), 75(2) and (4), 76(1), 77(1), 78(1) and 80(1);

(b) the title to Part 5 and the heading to rule 75.

5. In rule 61(2)( 5 ) for “, governor or the board of visitors” substitute “or governor”.

6. In rule 70 omit “money, clothing, food, drink, tobacco, letter, paper, book, tool, controlled drug, firearm, explosive, weapon or other”.

7. After rule 70 insert—

“ 70A. List C Articles

A List C article is any article or substance in the following list—

(a) tobacco;

(b) money;

(c) clothing;

(d) food;

(e) drink;

(f) letters;

(g) paper;

(h) books;

(i) tools;

(j) information technology equipment. ”