{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/polygraph-rules-2009/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/polygraph-rules-2009/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/619",
  "legislation_title": "The Polygraph Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/polygraph-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Polygraph session requirements",
  "text": "(1) Polygraph sessions must be conducted by suitably qualified polygraph operators.\n(2) Polygraph sessions must be electronically recorded using audiovisual recording equipment.\n(3) A polygraph session must include a pre-test interview, one or more polygraph examinations and a post-test interview.\n(4) A polygraph examination must include two or more comparison questions and at least two, but not more than four, relevant questions.\n(4A) In setting the questions, where it is reasonably practicable to do so, the polygraph operator must liaise with the relevant offender’s probation practitioner and take the probation practitioner’s views into account when formulating the questions.\n(5) The polygraph operator must compile a report of each polygraph session conducted by that polygraph operator. The report must include details of all relevant questions and answers during the polygraph examination and of the polygraph operator’s conclusions. The report must also include any disclosures made by the relevant offender during the polygraph session.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 5(4) substituted (21.3.2022) by The Polygraph (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/191), rules 1(1), 2(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 5(4A) inserted (21.3.2022) by The Polygraph (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/191), rules 1(1), 2(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in rule 5(5) inserted (21.3.2022) by The Polygraph (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/191), rules 1(1), 2(4)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 5 in force at 8.4.2009, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/619/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:15:13.482375+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."
  }
}