Regina (Garland) v Secretary of State for Justice and another – WLR Daily
“Under rule 53(1) of the Prison Rules 1999 prison authorities were allowed a full 48 hours from discovery of an offence against discipline to lay a charge against a prisoner, and longer where there were exceptional circumstances making it impossible to lay the charge within that time.”
WLR Daily, 17th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk