{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offender-institution-coronavirus-amendment-no-2-rules-2020/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offender-institution-coronavirus-amendment-no-2-rules-2020/schedule-1/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/508",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offender-institution-coronavirus-amendment-no-2-rules-2020",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After rule 35(2A) (personal letters and visits) insert—\n“(2B) During a coronavirus period, the Secretary of State may, either generally or in a particular case, and for such periods of time as the Secretary of State considers necessary, suspend any entitlement to a visit under paragraph (1), (2)(b) and (2A), if the Secretary of State considers that such a suspension is necessary as a result of the effects, or likely effects, of coronavirus on or in relation to prisoners or the prison and proportionate to what is sought to be achieved.”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Rule 35(2A) was inserted by S.I. 2003/3301."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 7 in force at 15.5.2020 and ceases to have effect on 25.3.2022, see rule 1(1)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/508/schedule/1/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:30:23.201596+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."
}