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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-20.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/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Maintaining or lowering a supervision level on review",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies to the assignment of supervision levels other than—\n(a) the assignment of high supervision level on reception;\n(b) the assignment of a supervision level under rule 18(2); or\n(c) the assignment of a supervision level to which rule 21 applies.\n(2) Following the assignment of a supervision level to which this rule applies, the Governor must inform the prisoner in writing—\n(a) in the case of the assignment of a lower supervision level than that previously assigned, of the reasons why the lower supervision level is appropriate; or\n(b) in the case of a review which has resulted in no change of supervision level, of the reasons why a lower supervision level is not appropriate.\n(3) Following the assignment of a supervision level to which this rule applies, the Governor must, if asked to do so by the prisoner concerned, but subject to rule 27, provide the prisoner with—\n(a) a copy of any document to which the Governor has had regard in reaching the decision; and\n(b) a summary of any other information of which the Governor was aware and had regard to in reaching the decision.",
  "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/20",
    "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."
}