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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/50",
  "legislation_title": "The Closure of Prisons Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Prisons\nMade 10th January 2012\nLaid before Parliament 11th January 2012\nComing into force 8th February 2012\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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/50/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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