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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006/article-44",
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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/44",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Duties of members of the chaplaincy team",
  "text": "(1) Each member of the chaplaincy team shall, for the purposes of prisoners of their respective religious denomination–\n(a) visit each such prisoner as soon as practicable after reception into prison and at such other times thereafter as the prisoner and the member may agree;\n(b) conduct religious services or meetings at such times as the member after consultation with the Governor considers appropriate;\n(c) with the approval of the Governor, make any other arrangements which the member considers necessary for the provision of religious ministration to such prisoners.\n(2) Subject to the approval of the Governor, any person may–\n(a) act on behalf of the member of the chaplaincy team in the member’s absence; or\n(b) assist the member,\nfor the purposes of carrying out any of the duties specified in paragraph (1).\n(3) A member of the chaplaincy team may make arrangements, with the approval of the Governor, for the purpose of enabling a prisoner to be visited by a minister of any religious denomination or an authorised representative.",
  "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/44",
    "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."
}