including the setting up of independent prison disciplinary tribunals to take over from prison boards of visitors the role of hearing more serious disciplinary charges, changes to the code of disciplinary offences, and a reduction in the maximum amount of loss of remission of sentence that boards of visitors could award. CCPR/C/58/Add.6 page 35 152. The proposal for independent disciplinary tribunals was developed in a government White Paper published in October 1986, but it did not prove possible to reach agreement on the composition and role of the new tribunals. It was therefore decided in 1987 that boards of visitors should continue to conduct adjudications, but that better training and qualified clerks should be provided to assist boards in this function. Board members have now received intensive training in the revised disciplinary rules and procedures (see below), and their future training needs are currently under review. It is proposed that the boards should be provided with clerks drawn from local magistrates courts and qualified to take the full range of magistrates courts' hearings. The clerks will take the record of hearings and offer procedural and legal advice to the board. A 12-month pilot scheme, involving a small number of prisons, is planned to begin later this year. If the scheme proves successful, it is intended that all boards should in due course be provided with qualified clerks on a similar basis. 153. Following the main recommendations of the departmental committee, a new code of disciplinary offences for inmates came into force in England and Wales on 1 April 1989. A number of charges have been omitted from the new code, including those of making false and malicious allegations against an officer and repeatedly making groundless complaints. In addition, there is no longer 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing reforms and changes within the prison system, specifically related to disciplinary procedures and the role of prison boards. This suggests that the category should be related to law, justice, or corrections.

**Category**
Employment, Health