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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sentencing-act-2020-prison-sanctions-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348288056",
  "legislation_title": "The Sentencing Act 2020 (Prison Sanctions) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sentencing-act-2020-prison-sanctions-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations specify the prison sanctions available to be imposed by judges in Crown Courts for contempt of court by an offender following a breach of an order to attend a sentencing hearing. They reflect the punishments that a governor can impose for an offence against discipline as mentioned in rule 55(1)(b), (e), (j) and (k) of the Prison Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999/728) and rule 60(1)(b) and (f) of the Young Offender Institution Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/3371). These Regulations also provide for the governor to decide, in certain circumstances, not to implement, or to otherwise delay, pause or reduce the period of, any prison sanction imposed under a prison sanctions order.\nAn impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as a full impact assessment was published in relation to the Victims and Courts Act 2026 (c. 19). That impact assessment can be obtained online at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b1b1f34321d7b2d873af2/vac-oia-ia.pdf or by writing to the Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348288056/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:39:22.667025+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."
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