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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-140",
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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/140",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "140",
  "heading": "Transactions with prisoners or in connection with the prison",
  "text": "(1) Officers and employees must not take part in any business or pecuniary transaction with, or on behalf of, a prisoner, except with the authority of the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) Officers or employees must not—\n(a) bring in or take out, or attempt to bring in or take out, or knowingly allow to be brought in or taken out, to or for any prisoner; or\n(b) deposit in any place with intent that it shall come into the possession of any prisoner,\nany item whatsoever, except with the authority of the Governor.",
  "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/140",
    "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."
}