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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-no-2-rules-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1544",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-no-2-rules-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 20th June 1998\nLaid before Parliament 29th June 1998\nComing into force 20th July 1998\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 47 of the Prison Act 1952, I hereby make the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c. 52; section 47 was affected by an amendment to section 52(2) of that Act by section 66(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1544/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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