{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-7.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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Procedure on reception of prisoners",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies in relation to every prisoner on his reception.\n(2) Every prisoner shall be searched in accordance with rule 88.\n(3) The Governor may deliver–\n(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b), any prohibited article in the possession of the prisoner to the police; and\n(b) any medicines in the possession of the prisoner to the medical officer.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), every prisoner shall be required by an officer to take a hot bath or shower.\n(5) The Governor or medical officer may direct that a prisoner shall not be required to take a hot bath or shower, in which event he shall explain the reasons why to the prisoner concerned.",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}