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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offenders-centre-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/86",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison and Young Offenders Centre (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offenders-centre-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISON AND YOUNG OFFENDERS CENTRES\nMade 20th February 1997\nTo be laid before Parliament\nComing into operation 1st April 1997\nThe Secretary of State in pursuance of section 13 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953, as extended by section 2 of the Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968, hereby makes the following rules:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1953 c. 18 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1968 c. 19 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/86/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."
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