Part III Treatment of Offenders
Miscellaneous
70 Prisoner transferred from Scotland to England for security.
1
Where the Secretary of State, in the case of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment,. . . F1 in Scotland, is of the opinion that in the interests of security or of public safety that person ought to be transferred to a prison in England and Wales, he may make an order for his transfer to that prison:
Provided that the Secretary of State may at any time make an order for the transfer of that person back to a prison in Scotland.
2
A person transferred to England and Wales or transferred back to Scotland under this section shall be treated for all purposes as if he had been transferred to England and Wales or, as the case may be, Scotland under section 26 of the M1Criminal Justice Act 1961.