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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offenders-centre-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2009/article-26",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/429",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison and Young Offenders Centre (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offenders-centre-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Rule 69 (Police interviews)",
  "text": "(1) Rule 69 (police interviews) shall be amended as follows:\n(2) In the heading after “police” insert “and other law enforcement agency”.\n(3) In paragraph (1) for “Royal Ulster Constabulary” substitute “Police Service of Northern Ireland ”.\n(4) After paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) A member of the Serious Organised Crime Agency’s staff designated under section 43 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, an officer of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, or a member of the Security Service may, on production of an authorisation issued by or on behalf of a person specified in paragraph (1B), interview any prisoner willing to see him.\n(1B) Those persons are—\n(a) the Director General of the Serious Organised Crime Agency;\n(b) the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;\n(c) the Director General of the Security Service.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2005 c. 15."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/429/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:29:15.290501+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."
}