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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-transfer-of-functions-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3218",
  "legislation_title": "The Parole Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-transfer-of-functions-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 18th December 1998\nComing into force 26th December 1998\nWhereas a draft of this Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 50(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991, and after consultation with the Parole Board in accordance with the said section 50(1), I hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 53; section 50 was amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), sections 150, 168(3) and Schedule 11 and by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37), section 119 and Schedule 8."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3218/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."
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