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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-life-sentence-commissioners-rules-2001/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2001/0337011125",
  "legislation_title": "The Life Sentence Commissioners' Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-life-sentence-commissioners-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) Subject to rule 24, these Rules apply where a prisoner’s case is referred to the Commissioners by the Secretary of State under Article 6(5) or Article 9(4) of the Order.\n(2) In these Rules, unless a contrary intention appears—\n“case papers” means those documents, materials and papers submitted by the parties under rule 14, 17 or 24(b).\n“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Commissioners appointed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 of the Order.\n“Chairman of the Panel” means Chairman of the Panel appointed under rule 3.\n“Commissioners” means the Life Sentence Review Commissioners, appointed under Article 3 of the Order.\n“the Order” means the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001.\n“Panel” means a panel of Commissioners constituted in accordance with rule 3.\n“parties” means the prisoner and the Secretary of State.\n“party” means either the prisoner or the Secretary of State.\n“prisoner” means a life prisoner as defined under Article 2 of the Order.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2001/0337011125/article/2",
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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."
}