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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989-release-of-prisoners-etc-order-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/910",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (Release of Prisoners etc.) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989-release-of-prisoners-etc-order-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 24th March 1995\nComing into force 1st April 1995\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 22(1A) and 28(1A) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 hereby makes the following Order a draft of which has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 45. Sections 22, 28 and 42(4) of the Act were repealed by the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 9), Schedule 7, (but subject to the transitional and savings provisions in Schedule 6 to that Act) and were amended by section 134(2), (4), (5) and (6) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/910/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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