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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2000/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules amend the Prison Rules 1999 (“the 1999 Rules”). Rule 2 of these Rules introduces the Schedule, which sets out the amendments to the 1999 Rules.\nParagraphs 1 and 5 of the Schedule make inconsequential amendments to the 1999 Rules to correct small errors.\nParagraph 2 of the Schedule amends rule 46 of the 1999 Rules to clarify the meaning of a close supervision centre and recognise the possibility that prisoners placed in such centres may be transferred between prisons.\nParagraphs 3 and 4 of the Schedule provide for a number of new disciplinary offences relating to racist behaviour by prisoners. The new offences are racially aggravated assault; causing racially aggravated damage to, or destruction of, any part of a prison or any other property, other than a prisoner’s own; using threatening, abusive or insulting racist words or behaviour; and displaying, attaching or drawing on any part of a prison, or on any other property, threatening, abusive or insulting racist material.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1794/note",
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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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