{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/management-of-offenders-etc-scotland-act-2005/section-16",
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  "legislation": "asp/2005/14",
  "legislation_title": "Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/management-of-offenders-etc-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Testing prisoners for drugs",
  "text": "In section 41B of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 45) (testing prisoners for drugs)—\n(a) in subsection (1), after the word “urine” insert “ or saliva ”;\n(b) in subsection (2), at the end add “or saliva”; and\n(c) in subsection (3)—\n(i) in the definition of “intimate sample”, for the words from “blood” to the end substitute\n“—\n(a) blood, semen or any other tissue fluid;\n(b) pubic hair; or\n(c) material from a body orifice other than the mouth;”;\n(ii) the word “and” which immediately follows the definition of “drug” is repealed; and\n(iii) at the end add\n“; and\n“saliva” includes oral fluid”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/14/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:21.360492+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."
}