{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1998/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1998/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1589",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1998",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Substitution of rule 24 of the principal Rules",
  "text": "For rule 24 of the principal Rules (provision of medical services and facilities) there is substituted the following rule:–\n“Provision of medical and other services and facilities\n24 (1) The Secretary of State shall make arrangements for the provision at every prison to such extent as he considers necessary of appropriate medical services and facilities for the maintenance of good health, the prevention of illness, the care of prisoners suffering from illness or the aftercare of such prisoners.\n(2) For the purposes of this rule, “medical services and facilities” includes any form of service or facility for the care of a person’s health.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1589/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:26:24.777016+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."
}