{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009/article-67",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009/article-67.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1096",
  "legislation_title": "The Service Custody and Service of Relevant Sentences Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/67",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "67",
  "heading": "Duties of the service visiting officer",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the service visiting officer shall on each visit ensure that he—\n(a) sees all detainees either on parade or in their rooms, except that a detainee confined in a cell or in a medical detention room shall be seen in his cell or that room (as the case may be); and\n(b) asks directly each detainee if he has a complaint that he wishes to bring to his attention.\n(2) A service visiting officer is to satisfy himself that he has seen all detainees, except any whom he is specifically requested not to see on medical grounds on the advice of a medical officer.\n(3) A detainee who wishes to complain shall be asked by the service visiting officer whether he wishes to make his complaint there or to see him privately. If the detainee wishes to make his complaint privately the commandant shall make a suitable room available for the service visiting officer. If the commandant considers it necessary a member of staff may be present to ensure that there is no breach of discipline by the detainee but, at the discretion of the service visiting officer, that member of staff is to remain within sight but out of hearing.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 67 in force at 31.10.2009, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1096/article/67",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:42.593997+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."
}