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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006/article-52",
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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/52",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Personal property of prisoners in rooms or cells",
  "text": "(1) Every prisoner shall be entitled to keep in his or her room or cell such items of property as may be specified in a direction by the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), the Governor may allow a prisoner to have in his or her possession or to keep in his or her room or cell such items of property as are compatible with–\n(a) the size and furnishings of the room or cell;\n(b) matters of health, safety, security and good order; and\n(c) any other matter which the Governor considers relevant.",
  "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/52",
    "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."
}