{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-46.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/46",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Prisoners' personal property",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (1A), for the purposes of this rule and rules 47 to 50, a prisoner’s “personal property” comprises all items of property which—\n(a) belong to the prisoner and are brought to the prison by the prisoner;\n(b) are sent to the prisoner at the prison;\n(c) are brought to the prisoner at the prison by a visitor; or\n(d) are purchased by the prisoner within the prison.\n(1A) For the purposes of this rule and rules 47 to 50, “personal property” does not include—\n(a) unauthorised property;\n(b) prohibited articles; or\n(c) an authorised personal communication device.\n(2) The prisoner's personal property must be—\n(a) stored in the prisoner's cell or room in accordance with rule 47;\n(b) stored in the prison storage facilities in accordance with rule 48; or\n(c) disposed of by the Governor or the prisoner in accordance with rule 49.\n(3) An officer must make a written note in the prisoner's record of all of the prisoner's personal property other than—\n(a) property purchased by the prisoner within the prison;\n(b) letters or other written communications sent to the prisoner; and\n(c) any property which is perishable or edible.\n(4) Where a record is prepared in terms of paragraph (3), the prisoner concerned must—\n(a) be given the opportunity to check its accuracy; and\n(b) thereafter, be required to sign it.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 46(1)(1A) substituted for rule 46(1) (15.6.2020 at 2.00 p.m.) by The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/175), rules 1, 2(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/331/article/46",
    "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."
}