{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/597",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Amendment) Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Prisons, England And Wales\nMade 4th March 2008\nLaid before Parliament 5th March 2008\nComing into force 1st April 2008\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 47 of the Prison Act 1952, makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c.52. Section 40A(6), which provides for List C articles to be prescribed by prison rules, was inserted by the Offender Management Act 2007 (2007 c.21)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/597/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:34:57.508485+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."
}