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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offenders-centre-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2005/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/153",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison and Young Offenders Centre (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation in the principal rules",
  "text": "In rule 4 of the principal rules insert the following at the appropriate places –\n““complaint form” means a form made available to prisoners for the purpose of submitting a complaint under Part VIII of these rules;\n“former prisoner” means a prisoner, within the meaning of the rules who has been permanently released;\n“member of the Senior Civil Service” means a member of either the Home Civil Service or the Northern Ireland Civil Service who is employed in the Northern Ireland Prison Service;\n“the Ombudsman” means the person appointed under section 2(2) of the Act to act as the Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland;\n“the Ombudsman’s staff” means persons employed in the Northern Ireland Office to assist the Ombudsman;\n“registered nurse” means a nurse registered under Article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/253."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/153/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:53:09.214850+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."
}