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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-hm-prison-oxford-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2126",
  "legislation_title": "The Closure of Prisons (H.M. Prison Oxford) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-hm-prison-oxford-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 14th August 1996\nLaid before Parliament 16th August 1996\nComing into force 7th September 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 37 of the Prison Act 1952, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c. 52."
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  "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."
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