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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detention-centre-rules-2001/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detention-centre-rules-2001/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/238",
  "legislation_title": "The Detention Centre Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detention-centre-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Custody outside of detention centres",
  "text": "(1) A person being taken to or from a detention centre in custody shall be exposed as little as possible to public observation and proper care shall be taken to protect him from curiosity and insult.\n(2) A detained person required to be taken in custody anywhere outside of a detention centre shall be kept in the custody of an officer appointed to escort him or a police officer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/238/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:06:01.128699+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}