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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-109",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-109.json",
  "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/109",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "109",
  "heading": "Viewing of prisons",
  "text": "(1) A person may only view a prison if that person is authorised to do so—\n(a) under any enactment;\n(b) under the EU treaties or any EU instrument;\n(c) under any international treaties to which the United Kingdom is party; or\n(d) by the Governor or the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) Any person who is authorised to view the prison must not—\n(a) take photographs, images, drawings or sketches;\n(b) make any live or recorded broadcast;\n(c) make any film or sound recording; or\n(d) interview or communicate by any means with a prisoner,\nunless authorised to do so by any enactment or treaty or by the Governor or the Scottish Ministers.\n(3) Without prejudice to paragraph (2), a person who is authorised by the Governor or the Scottish Ministers to view the prison must not take photographs or make any film or sound recording of a prisoner or an officer without the prior consent of the prisoner or officer.",
  "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/109",
    "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."
}