{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3301",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Amendment) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 17th December 2003\nLaid before Parliament 22nd December 2003\nComing into force 26th January 2004\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. There are amendments to section 47 which are not relevant to the subject matter of these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3301/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:36:37.357353+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."
}