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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006/article-47",
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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/47",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Religious books, items and practices",
  "text": "(1) The Governor shall provide such literature and other materials as the Governor considers appropriate for prisoners' religious needs.\n(2) Every prisoner shall, so far as reasonably practicable, be allowed–\n(a) to have in their possession and for their personal use, religious books, items and materials appropriate to his or her religious denomination; and\n(b) to engage in the practices of his or her religious denomination.",
  "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/47",
    "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."
}