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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1794",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Amendment) Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been printed in substitution of the S.I. of the same number and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nPRISONS\nMade 7th July 2000\nLaid before Parliament 11th July 2000\nComing into force 1st August 2000\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)."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1794/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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