The Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2015
This Order amends the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”) and the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011 (“the 2011 Rules”). The Order clarifies the functions of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons (“the Chief Inspector”) and confers further functions on that office. The Order creates the roles of prison monitoring co-ordinator and independent prison monitor, transfers the functions of prison visiting committees to those roles and confers further functions on them. The Order abolishes prison visiting committees; the functions of prison visiting committees having been transferred to prison monitoring co-ordinators and independent prison monitors. The Order also abolishes visiting committees for legalised police cells as their functions are now exercised by independent custody visitors under section 94 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.