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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-102",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/331",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011",
  "path": "article/102",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "102",
  "heading": "Prohibited articles",
  "text": "(1) A prisoner must not—\n(a) possess a prohibited article;\n(b) conceal or deposit a prohibited article anywhere within a prison.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), it is prohibited for any person to—\n(a) convey a prohibited article to a prisoner whether inside or outside a prison;\n(b) throw or otherwise convey a prohibited article into a prison;\n(c) conceal or deposit a prohibited article in any place (whether inside or outside a prison) intending it to come into the possession of a prisoner.\n(3) A prisoner may be allowed to receive controlled drugs which are prescribed to him or her by written order of a healthcare professional in the course of his or her professional duties and where the written order specifies—\n(a) the name of the prisoner for whose use the drugs are intended; and\n(b) the quantity and description of the drugs.\n(4) Any conduct which is in breach of this rule may—\n(a) where the conduct has been committed by a prisoner, lead to disciplinary proceedings being brought against the prisoner under Part 11; and\n(b) where the conduct has been committed by a visitor, lead to that person being removed from the prison under rule 107.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/331/article/102",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:48:01.668993+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."
}