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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detention-centre-rules-2001/article-57",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/238",
  "legislation_title": "The Detention Centre Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detention-centre-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/57",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Visitors",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to any other powers to prohibit or restrict entry to detention centres, and to his powers under rule 28, the Secretary of State may, with a view to ensuring safety and security or the prevention of crime or in the interests of any persons, impose prohibitions on visits by a person to a detention centre or to a detained person in a detention centre for such periods of time as he considers necessary.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to any visits to a detention centre or detained person by a member of the visiting committee of the detention centre, or to prevent any visit by a legal adviser for the purposes of an interview under rule 30.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/238/article/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:06:01.128699+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}