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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offenders-centre-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/452",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison and Young Offenders Centre (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offenders-centre-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nTREATMENT OF OFFENDERS\nMade 17th November 2008\nTo be laid before Parliament 26th November 2008\nComing into operation 19th December 2008\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(1) and 34(6) 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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1953 c. 18 (N.I.). Section 34 was substituted by Article 77 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I.1))."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1968 c. 29 (N.I.)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/452/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."
}