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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2011/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2011/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/646",
  "legislation_title": "The Closure of Prisons Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Prisons\nMade 7th March 2011\nLaid before Parliament 8th March 2011\nComing into force 30th April 2011\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Prison Act 1952.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c.52."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/646/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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