{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1996/article-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1996/article-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/32",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1996",
  "path": "article/25",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Amendment of rule 98 of the principal Rules",
  "text": "Rule 98 of the principal Rules (adjudication of charges) is amended by the insertion after paragraph (4) of the following paragraph:—\n“(5) It shall be a defence for a prisoner charged with a breach of discipline contrary to paragraph (x) of Schedule 3 to show that—\n(a) the controlled drug had been, prior to its administration, lawfully in his possession for his use or was administered to him in the course of a lawful supply of the drug to him by another person;\n(b) the controlled drug was administered by or to him in circumstances in which he did not know and had no reason to suspect that such a drug was being administered; or\n(c) the controlled drug was administered by or to him under duress or to him without his consent in circumstances where it was not reasonable for him to have resisted.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/32/article/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:54:44.006906+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."
}