{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-1988/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-1988/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1422",
  "legislation_title": "The Young Offender Institution Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Food",
  "text": "(1) Subject to any directions of the Secretary of State, no inmate shall be allowed, except as authorised by the medical officer, to have any food other than that ordinarily provided.\n(2) The food provided shall be wholesome, nutritious, well prepared and served, reasonably varied and sufficient in quantity.\n(3) 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(4) 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/1988/1422/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:00:46.097107+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."
}