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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offender-institution-amendment-rules-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1663",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offender-institution-amendment-rules-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Prisons, England And Wales\nYoung Offender Institutions, England And Wales\nMade 5th July 2011\nLaid before Parliament 8th July 2011\nComing into force 26th September 2011\nThe Secretary of State for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 47 of the Prison Act 1952 and sections 1(1)(b) and (2), 2(1) and 4(2) of the Prisoners’ Earnings Act 1996, makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c.52. Section 47(1) was amended by section 6(2) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33). There have been other amendments but none are relevant. Section 66(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c.80) provides that any instrument containing rules made under section 47 of the Prison Act 1952 is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c.33. Section 4(2) is cited because of the meaning given to “prescribed” and “prison rules”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1663/introduction",
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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."
}