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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2005/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/869",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Amendment) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2005",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Prison (Amendment) Rules 2005 and shall come into force on 18th April 2005.\n(2) The requirement in rule 2 (as substituted by paragraph 1 of the Schedule) of the approval of the Lord Chancellor for the appointment of a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) or Deputy District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) as an adjudicator does not apply to a person who is approved to act as an adjudicator on the date when these Rules come into force, and such a person may continue to act as an adjudicator for so long as he holds office as a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) or Deputy District Judge (Magistrates' Courts).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/869/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:01:55.579604+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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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}