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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006/article-147",
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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/147",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "147",
  "heading": "Direction with respect to temporary release",
  "text": "For the purposes of temporary release consisting of any form of leave or release specified in rules 140 to 144, the Scottish Ministers may specify in a direction–\n(a) the prisons or any halls within or parts of particular prisons to which any of those rules applies;\n(b) the manner in which the Governor shall consider an application for any such form of temporary release;\n(c) the relevant criteria about which the Governor must be satisfied before granting any such form of temporary release;\n(d) the conditions which may be imposed in relation to any approval of such an application;\n(e) the timing and duration of any such form of temporary release and the frequency with which it may be granted to an eligible prisoner; and\n(f) the persons who are to be treated as a near relative of the prisoner.",
  "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/147",
    "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."
}