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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006/article-51",
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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/51",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Storage or disposal of personal property of prisoners",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Governor shall make arrangements for the safe storage of all items of property belonging to a prisoner which have been received into prison, except for items which a prisoner is allowed to keep in his or her room or cell or on his or her person.\n(2) Where the Governor is of the opinion that any item of property belonging to or which has been sent to a prisoner and which has been received into prison is prejudicial to health, safety, security or good order–\n(a) the Governor shall notify the prisoner; and\n(b) except where it is reasonably practicable for the prisoner to arrange for disposal, may make arrangements for the disposal or, in the case of anything perishable, the destruction of any such item.",
  "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/51",
    "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."
}