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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sentencing-act-2020-prison-sanctions-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348288056",
  "legislation_title": "The Sentencing Act 2020 (Prison Sanctions) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sentencing-act-2020-prison-sanctions-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Governor powers",
  "text": "The governor of the prison or young offender institution in which an offender is detained may at any time decide not to implement, or may otherwise delay, pause or reduce the period of, any sanction imposed on the offender under a prison sanctions order if satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist to justify it—\n(a) in an operational emergency;\n(b) on compassionate grounds; or\n(c) where there are serious concerns about the effect of the prison sanctions order on the offender’s mental or physical health.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348288056/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:39:22.667025+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."
}