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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-58",
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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/58",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "58",
  "heading": "Visits by legal advisers",
  "text": "(1) A prisoner shall be entitled to receive a visit from his legal adviser at any reasonable time for the purposes of consulting about any legal matter in which the prisoner is or may be directly interested.\n(2) Where a prisoner receives a visit by a legal adviser in terms of this rule the visit–\n(a) may take place within the sight of an officer; but\n(b) shall take place outwith the hearing of any officer.",
  "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/58",
    "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."
}