{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009/article-68",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009/article-68.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/68",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "68",
  "heading": "Investigation of complaints by the service visiting officer",
  "text": "(1) The service visiting officer shall inquire fully into any complaint made to him by a detainee.\n(2) On completing any inquiry under paragraph (1)—\n(a) if in his opinion the complaint is not well-founded, he shall inform the detainee accordingly;\n(b) if in his opinion the complaint is well-founded, he shall inform the detainee that he will report the matter to the local commander.\n(3) After each visit to MCTC the service visiting officer is to make a report to the local commander, including a full report of every complaint made to him and any subsequent investigation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 68 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/68",
    "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."
}