{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-64",
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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/64",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Closed visiting facilities",
  "text": "(1) The Governor may, for any reason specified in paragraph (2), order that any visits which a prisoner receives for the purposes of rules 36 to 38, 55, 56 and 60 to 62 shall be held in closed visiting facilities.\n(2) The Governor may make an order under paragraph (1) for any of the following reasons:–\n(a) he is of the opinion that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the prisoner–\n(i) has previously obtained; or\n(ii) is likely in the future to attempt to obtain,\nany prohibited article from a visitor;\n(b) the prisoner’s behaviour makes it necessary for the purposes of security and control for any visit to be received in closed visiting facilities;\n(c) any visit to the prisoner has been terminated in terms of rule 63(1)(b) due to the conduct of the visitor;\n(d) a person who wishes to visit the prisoner has previously been refused access to the prison; or\n(e) he is of the opinion that it is necessary to ensure, in relation to a visit for the purposes of rule 62, that the visit is genuinely required for any purpose specified in rule 62(2).\n(3) The Governor may make an order under paragraph (1) in relation to any particular visit received in terms of any rule mentioned in paragraph (1) or in relation to every visit received in terms of any of those rules, but any order made in relation to every such visit shall be reviewed by the Governor not less than once in every 3 months and may be revoked by the Governor at any time.\n(4) No order under paragraph (1) shall be made as a punishment in respect of a breach of discipline within the meaning of Part 10 of these Rules.",
  "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/64",
    "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."
}