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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-release-of-prisoners-alteration-of-relevant-proportion-of-sentence-order-2019/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111190524",
  "legislation_title": "The Release of Prisoners (Alteration of Relevant Proportion of Sentence) Order 2019",
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  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003,\n“relevant violent or sexual offence” means an offence listed in Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 15 to the 2003 Act for which a sentence of life imprisonment may be imposed.\n(2) In this Order, a reference to a term of imprisonment is to be read as including a reference to a sentence falling within section 237(1)(b) of the 2003 Act.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111190524/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:59:19.720673+00:00"
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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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