2

The Young Offender Institution Rules 19882 shall be amended as follows:

a

in rule 8(1) (information to inmates), the words “and of petitioning the Secretary of State” shall be omitted;

b

for rule 9 there shall be substituted —

Requests and Complaints9

1

A request or complaint to the governor or Board of Visitors relating to an inmate’s detention shall be made orally or in writing by that inmate.

2

On every day the governor shall hear any oral requests and complaints that are made to him under paragraph (1) above.

3

A written request or complaint under paragraph (1) above may be made in confidence.