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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2014/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2014/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3",
  "legislation_title": "The Closure of Prisons Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/closure-of-prisons-order-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Prisons, England And Wales\nMade 6th January 2014\nLaid before Parliament 9th January 2014\nComing into force 31st January 2014\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": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3/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."
}