{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-2000/article-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-2000/article-59.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/3371",
  "legislation_title": "The Young Offender Institution Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/59",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Rights of inmates charged",
  "text": "(1) Where an inmate is charged with an offence against discipline, he shall be informed of the charge as soon as possible and, in any case, before the time when it is inquired into by the governor or, as the case may be, the adjudicator.\n(2) At an inquiry into charge against an inmate he shall be given a opportunity of hearing what is alleged against him and of presenting his own case.\n(3) At an inquiry into a charge which has been referred to the adjudicator, the inmate who has been charged shall be given the opportunity to be legally represented.\n(4) The right to legal representation is rescinded if the charge is referred back to the governor by the adjudicator and inquired into by the governor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 59(1) added (15.8.2002) by The Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2117), rule 1, Sch. para. 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 59(3) added (15.8.2002) by The Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2117), rule 1, Sch. para. 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 59(4) inserted (4.4.2023) by The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Adjudication) (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/321), rules 1(1), 3(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3371/article/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:07:57.851107+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."
}