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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-hm-young-offender-institution-dover-order-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/78",
  "legislation_title": "The Closure of Prisons (H.M. Young Offender Institution Dover) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-hm-young-offender-institution-dover-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 17th January 2002\nLaid before Parliament 18th January 2002\nComing into force 8th February 2002\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": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c. 52. Section 37 was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 14 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and applies to young offender institutions by virtue of section 43(5) of the Prison Act 1952 as substituted by section 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and as amended by section 5(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), read with paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/78/introduction",
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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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