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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2013/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2013/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/485",
  "legislation_title": "The Closure of Prisons Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Prisons, England And Wales\nMade 4th March 2013\nLaid before Parliament 7th March 2013\nComing into force 28th March 2013\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 37(1) and (2) 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/2013/485/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:18.369405+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}