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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-no-2-rules-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-no-2-rules-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2641",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-no-2-rules-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 23rd September 2000\nLaid before Parliament 3rd October 2000\nComing into force 24th October 2000\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 47 of the Prison Act 1952, hereby makes 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) and was extended by section 85(2) and (4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2641/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."
}