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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offenders-centre-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1997/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules.)\nThese Rules amend the Prison and Young Offenders Centre Rules (Northern Ireland) 1995 (the principal rules).\nRule 3 amends Rule 2 of the principal rules to include religion in the list of criteria that may not be used in allocating facilities and privileges.\nRule 4 amends Rule 27 of the principal rules to allow previous applications for temporary release, including fraudulent applications, to be taken into account in considering applications for temporary release.\nRule 5 amends Rule 38 of the principal rules to create a new disciplinary offence of providing false information in an application for temporary release.\nRule 6 amends Rule 69 of the principal rules to require the consent of a prisoner to a police interview under the rules.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/86/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:30:27.740483+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."
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