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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/short-term-holding-facility-rules-2018/article-48",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/409",
  "legislation_title": "The Short-term Holding Facility Rules 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/short-term-holding-facility-rules-2018",
  "path": "article/48",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Visitors",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to any other powers to prohibit or restrict entry to short-term holding facilities, or to the powers under rule 25 (visits), the Secretary of State may—\n(a) with a view to ensuring the security of the short-term holding facility, the safety of any person or the prevention of crime, or\n(b) in the interests of any person,\nrestrict visits by a particular person to a short-term holding facility or to a particular detained person in a short-term holding facility for such periods of time as necessary.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to any visits to a short-term holding facility or to a detained person by a member of the Visiting Committee of the short-term holding facility or by a legal adviser for the purposes of a meeting under rule 27 (legal adviser).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/409/article/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:42.122735+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."
}