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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006/article-127",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/94",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/127",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "127",
  "heading": "Complaints to the Governor in relation to confidential matters",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding rules 123 to 126, a prisoner who desires to make a complaint to the Governor concerning any confidential matter which is of an exceptionally sensitive or serious nature may do so in writing subject to and in accordance with the following provisions of this rule.\n(2) The prisoner shall, if wishing to make such a complaint, give a sealed envelope containing the written complaint to the residential officer, who shall convey the complaint without delay to the Governor.\n(3) The Governor if of the opinion that the complaint is not of an exceptionally sensitive or serious nature, shall inform the prisoner without delay that the complaint must be made in accordance with rule 123 and shall return the written complaint in a sealed envelope.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (3), the Governor shall consider the complaint and inform the prisoner of his or her decision within 7 days of the date on which the complaint was made except where it is not reasonably practicable to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/331",
      "affecting_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/94/article/127",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:21:12.909031+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."
}