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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-and-transfer-of-proceedings-order-2008/article-14",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2836",
  "legislation_title": "The Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-and-transfer-of-proceedings-order-2008",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Transfer of proceedings from one magistrates’ court to another",
  "text": "A magistrates’ court (the “transferring court”) may transfer proceedings to another magistrates’ court (the “receiving court”) only if the transferring court considers that—\n(a) the transfer will significantly accelerate the determination of the proceedings;\n(b) it is more convenient for the parties or for the child who is the subject of the proceedings for the proceedings to be dealt with by the receiving court; or\n(c) there is another good reason for the proceedings to be transferred.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2836/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:41.594296+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."
}