{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-62",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-62.json",
  "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/62",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "62",
  "heading": "Special visits to certain prisoners in connection with further proceedings",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies to a prisoner who–\n(a) is an untried prisoner;\n(b) is a civil prisoner;\n(c) is an appellant;\n(d) has been remanded in custody following conviction to await sentence or further inquiry; or\n(e) is serving a sentence of imprisonment and who is–\n(i) subject to a further charge; or\n(ii) the respondent in an appeal by the Lord Advocate or the prosecutor under section 228A or 442(1)(c) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975,\nbut shall apply to such a prisoner only for so long as the proceedings in respect of the further charge or the appeal are pending against him.\n(2) A prisoner to whom this rule applies shall be allowed a visit at any reasonable time to consult a registered medical practitioner or any other person for the purposes of–\n(a) in the case of an untried prisoner, the proceedings in respect of which he is remanded in custody or complying with a condition of bail which requires the deposit of a sum of money pursuant to section 1(3) of the Bail etc (Scotland) Act 1980;\n(b) in the case of a civil prisoner, the proceedings in respect of which he is committed to prison;\n(c) in the case of an appellant, the appeal or, as the case may be, the reference;\n(d) in the case of a prisoner mentioned in paragraph (1)(d), preparing representations to the court which will pass sentence or otherwise dispose of his case; or\n(e) in the case of a prisoner mentioned in paragraph (1)(e), the proceedings in respect of the further charge or, as the case may be, the appeal.\n(3) The number of persons who shall be allowed to visit a prisoner at any time shall be at the discretion of the Governor.\n(4) Where a prisoner receives a visit in terms of this rule–\n(a) the visit shall take place within the sight of an officer; but\n(b) no officer shall listen to any conversation between the prisoner and his visitor–\n(i) in the case of a visit by a registered medical practitioner, under any circumstances; and\n(ii) in the case of any other visitor, except where the Governor otherwise directs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 21; sections 228A and 442(1)(c) were inserted by the 1993 Act, section 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1980 c. 4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1931/article/62",
    "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."
}