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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-60",
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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/60",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "60",
  "heading": "Visits by police constables",
  "text": "(1) A police constable may, on production of the written authority of either a procurator fiscal or the Chief Constable,–\n(a) visit any prisoner for the purposes of interviewing him if he is willing to be interviewed;\n(b) see any prisoner for the purposes of identification; or\n(c) see any prisoner for the purpose of charging him with any offence.\n(2) A visit to a prisoner in terms of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) may take place in such area of the prison and under such conditions as the Governor may specify except that such a visit shall take place–\n(a) within the sight of an officer; and\n(b) within the hearing of an 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/60",
    "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."
}