{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-hm-young-offender-institution-finnamore-wood-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-hm-young-offender-institution-finnamore-wood-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1551",
  "legislation_title": "The Closure of Prisons (H.M. Young Offender Institution Finnamore Wood) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-hm-young-offender-institution-finnamore-wood-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 23rd May 1996\nLaid before Parliament 21st June 1996\nComing into force 1st 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": [
    {
      "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 1952 Act as amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1551/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."
}