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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999/section-53",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/22",
  "legislation_title": "Access to Justice Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999",
  "path": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Abolition of scriveners’ monopoly.",
  "text": "A public notary may practise as a notary in, or within three miles of, the City of London whether or not he is a member of the Incorporated Company of Scriveners of London (even if he is admitted to practise only outside that area).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/22/section/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:52.561428+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."
}