{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-1994/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-1994/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3195",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Amendment) Rules 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 10th December 1994\nLaid before Parliament 16th December 1994\nComing into force 9th January 1995\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) and was extended by section 85(2) and (4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) and by section 16A of the Prison Act 1952 (as inserted by section 151 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33))."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3195/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."
}