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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006/article-95",
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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/95",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "95",
  "heading": "Prohibited articles",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no prisoner shall have in their possession, or conceal or deposit anywhere within a prison, any prohibited article.\n(2) A prisoner may be allowed to receive alcoholic liquor or controlled drugs under a written order of a medical officer specifying–\n(a) the quantity and description of the liquor or drugs to be given; and\n(b) the name of the prisoner for whose use it is intended.\n(3) No person shall–\n(a) convey or throw into, or conceal or deposit in, a prison;\n(b) convey to a prisoner, whether inside or outside a prison; or\n(c) conceal or deposit in any place with a view to its coming into the possession of a prisoner,\nany prohibited article.\n(4) The Governor may seize and detain any prohibited article which is–\n(a) found in the possession of a prisoner or a visitor; or\n(b) conveyed or thrown into, or concealed or deposited in, the prison,\nin contravention of this rule.",
  "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/95",
    "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."
}