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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-amendment-rules-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/789",
  "legislation_title": "The Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-amendment-rules-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTIONS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 9th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 20th March 1997\nComing into force 15th April 1997\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 47 of the Prison Act 1952, I hereby make the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c. 52; section 47 was affected by an amendment to section 52(2) of that Act by section 66(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), was extended by section 85(2) and (4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) and is applied by section 43(5) of the Prison Act 1952. The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), Schedule 8, paragraph 1, contains amendments affecting these provisions."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/789/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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