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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2002/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2002/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2116",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Amendment) Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 14th August 2002\nLaid before Parliament 14th August 2002\nComing into force 15th August 2002\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 47 of the Prison Act 1952, hereby makes 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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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2116/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:50:38.113717+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}