{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1996/article-43",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1996/article-43.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/43",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Substitution of rule 123 of the principal Rules",
  "text": "For rule 123 of the principal Rules (unescorted exceptional day release of prisoners in security category D) there is substituted the following rule:—\n“Unescorted day release of prisoners in security category D\n123 (1) In this rule, “unescorted day release” means the temporary release for a period not exceeding one day of an eligible prisoner who is, for the time being, assigned security category D for the purpose of enabling him—\n(a) to visit any relative who it appears to the Governor is dangerously ill;\n(b) to attend the funeral of a near relative;\n(c) to visit a parent who is either too old or too ill to travel to the prison; or\n(d) to attend at any place for any other reason where the Governor is of the opinion that the circumstances warrant it.\n(2) For the purposes of this rule, a prisoner is an eligible prisoner only if at the time of his application he is—\n(a) not an untried or a civil prisoner; and\n(b) not disqualified from consideration for any reason specified in rule 124.\n(3) The Governor may grant unescorted day release on the written application of an eligible prisoner.”.",
  "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/43",
    "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."
}