{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offenders-centre-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2009/article-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offenders-centre-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2009/article-49.json",
  "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/49",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Rule 83 (Alcohol, drugs and tobacco)",
  "text": "(1) Rule 83 (alcohol, drugs and tobacco) shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1) omit “except under a written order” to the end.\n(3) After paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) A prisoner shall not be given or allowed to have any prescription only medicine except where that medicine is prescribed by a registered general practitioner, a nurse independent prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/429/article/49",
    "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."
}