{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1256",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Amendment) Rules 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 16th July 1987\nLaid before Parliament 22nd July 1987\nComing into force 13th August 1987\nIn pursuance of sections 25(1) and 47 of the Prison Act 1952I hereby make the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c. 52; section 47 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1961 (c. 39), Schedule 4, the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), section 66(5), the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23). Schedule 8, paragraph 33 and the Criminal Justice Act 1952 (c. 45), Schedule 14, paragraph 7. Section 47 of the 1952 Act was also affected by an amendment to section 52(2) of that Act by the Criminal Justice Act 1967, section 66(4)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1256/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."
}