{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-138",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-138.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/138",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "138",
  "heading": "Direction with respect to temporary release",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of temporary release, the Scottish Ministers may specify in a direction—\n(a) the forms of temporary release available to prisoners accommodated in particular prisons, halls or parts of prisons;\n(b) the manner in which the Governor must consider an application for any form of temporary release;\n(c) the manner in which the Governor must assess the risk that the prisoner may abscond or pose a danger to the public;\n(d) the relevant criteria about which the Governor must be satisfied before granting any form of temporary release;\n(e) the conditions or types of conditions which may be imposed by the Governor on any grant of temporary release;\n(f) the timing and duration of any form of temporary release and the frequency with which it may be granted to an eligible prisoner; and\n(g) the persons who are to be treated as a near relative of the prisoner.\n(2) Directions under this rule may make different provision for different forms of temporary release.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 138(1)(e) substituted (19.3.2012) by The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/26), rules 1, 2(15)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/331/article/138",
    "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."
}