The Prison (Amendment) Rules 2008
These Rules amend the Prison Rules 1999 (“the 1999 Rules”). Rule 4 alters all references to “boards of visitors” in the 1999 Rules to “independent monitoring boards”, following the renaming of the board by section 26(1) of the Offender Management Act 2007. Rule 5 removes the reference to ‘boards of visitors’ in rule 61(2) of the 1999 Rules. Boards of visitors, now independent monitoring boards, no longer have any role in imposing punishments for disciplinary offences.