{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-126",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1931",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994",
  "path": "article/126",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "126",
  "heading": "Direction with respect to temporary release",
  "text": "For the purposes of temporary release consisting of any form of leave or release specified in rules 120 to 123, the Secretary of State may specify in a direction–\n(a) the prisons or any halls within particular prisons to which any of those rules applies;\n(b) the manner in which the Governor shall consider an application for any such form of temporary release;\n(c) the relevant criteria about which the Governor must be satisfied before he may grant any such form of temporary release;\n(d) the conditions which may be imposed in relation to any approval of such an application;\n(e) the timing and duration of any such form of temporary release and the frequency with which it may be granted to an eligible prisoner; and\n(f) the persons who are to be treated as a near relative of the prisoner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1931/article/126",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:28:57.887435+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."
}