{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989/section-33A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989/section-33A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/45",
  "legislation_title": "Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989",
  "path": "section/33A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33A",
  "heading": "Power of governor to delegate functions.",
  "text": "Rules made under section 39 of this Act may permit the governor of a prison to authorise an officer of the prison, or a class of such officers, to exercise on his behalf such of the governor’s functions as the rules may specify.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 33A inserted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 116(3); S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 33A modified (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, ss. 110(3)(4), 112(3)(4)(c)(6); S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/45/section/33A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:44:44.436072+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."
}