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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-131",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/331",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011",
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  "path": "article/131",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "131",
  "heading": "Healthcare assessment prior to transfer",
  "text": "Where the Governor proposes to transfer a prisoner to another prison and the Governor is aware that the prisoner is receiving medical supervision from a healthcare professional, the Governor must—\n(a) seek advice from a healthcare professional as to the prisoner's fitness to travel; and\n(b) take into account any advice received from a healthcare professional as to the prisoner's fitness to travel,\nprior to ordering the transfer of that prisoner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/331/article/131",
    "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."
}