{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-training-centre-rules-1998/rule-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-training-centre-rules-1998/rule-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/472",
  "legislation_title": "The Secure Training Centre Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-training-centre-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/16",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Food",
  "text": "(1) The governor shall ensure that trainees are provided with food, in adequate quantities for their needs, which is properly prepared, wholesome and nutritious.\n(2) So far as practicable the governor shall ensure that meals are provided three times a day at regular intervals and that at each main meal there is a choice for each course, one of which shall be hot at one of those meals.\n(3) The governor shall ensure that any special dietary need of a trainee, which is due to his health, religious persuasion, racial origin or cultural background, is met.\n(4) The medical officer shall regularly inspect the food both before and after it is cooked, and shall report any deficiency or defect to the governor.\n(5) In this rule, “food\" includes drink.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/472/rule/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:36:40.676139+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."
}