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Article 121 Requests to speak to an officer of the Scottish Ministers, a member of the visiting committee, a sheriff or a justice of the peace

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Where a prisoner makes a request to speak to–

(a)

an officer of the Scottish Ministers;

(b)

a member of the visiting committee; or

(c)

a sheriff or a justice of the peace visiting the prison in terms of section 15 of the Act,

the officer to whom the request is made shall, without delay, record the request in writing and shall arrange for the request to be brought to the attention of the person with whom the prisoner wishes to speak.