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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998-sentence-review-commissioners-rules-1998/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1859",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Sentence Review Commissioners) Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998-sentence-review-commissioners-rules-1998",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Location and privacy of hearings",
  "text": "(1) Subject to rule 28(7), hearings shall be held at the prison where the person concerned is detained.\n(2) Hearings shall be held in private except in so far as the Commissioner may otherwise direct.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1859/article/17",
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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."
}