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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-13",
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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/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Allocation of prisoners",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may set aside particular prisons or parts of prisons for particular groups or categories of prisoners or particular purposes.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (1), the Governor may, having regard to–\n(a) the classification of a prisoner;\n(b) the security category of a prisoner; and\n(c) any other matter affecting the management of a prisoner,\nallocate within a prison a particular part of that prison in which a prisoner, or any particular group or category of prisoners, may be confined.\n(3) At the request of the prisoner following his allocation within any part of the prison, the Governor shall give him an explanation of the reasons why he has been allocated to that part of the prison.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "ssi/2002/107",
      "affecting_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1931/article/13",
    "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."
}