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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006/article-68",
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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/68",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "68",
  "heading": "Visits by police constables",
  "text": "(1) A police constable may, on production of the written authority of either a procurator fiscal or the Chief Constable,–\n(a) visit any prisoner for the purposes of interviewing that prisoner, provided the prisoner is willing to be interviewed;\n(b) see any prisoner for the purposes of identification; or\n(c) see any prisoner for the purpose of charging that prisoner with any offence.\n(2) A visit to a prisoner in terms of paragraph (1)(a) may take place in such area of the prison and under such conditions as the Governor may specify except that such a visit shall take place–\n(a) within the sight of an officer; and\n(b) within the hearing of an officer.",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/190",
      "affecting_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/94/article/68",
    "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."
}