{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-1988/article-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-1988/article-51.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/51",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Disciplinary charges",
  "text": "(1) Where an inmate is to be charged with an offence against discipline, the charge shall be laid as soon as possible.\n(2) An inmate who is to be charged with an offence against discipline may be kept apart from other inmates pending adjudication.\n(3) Every charge shall be inquired into, in the first instance, by the governor.\n(4) Every charge shall be first inquired into not later, save in exceptional circumstances, than the next day, not being a Sunday or public holiday, after it is laid.",
  "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/51",
    "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."
}