{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/89",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Amendment) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 22nd January 1988\nLaid before Parliament 29th January 1988\nComing into force 1st March 1988\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 amended by Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice Act 1961 (c. 39), section 66(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), paragraph 33 of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23) and paragraph 7 of Schedule 14 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48). Section 47 of the 1952 Act was also affected by an amendment to section 52(2) of that Act by section 66(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/89/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."
}