{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allocation-and-transfer-of-proceedings-order-2008/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order provides for the allocation and transfer of certain proceedings concerning children and proceedings under Part 4 and 4A of the Family Law Act 1996 between the High Court, county courts and magistrates’ courts.\nPart 1 contains provisions for interpreting the Order, specifies classes of county courts and provides for the principal registry of the Family Division to be treated as a county court.\nPart 2 specifies the proceedings, or circumstances in which proceedings, may be started in a particular level of court or specified class of court.\nPart 3 sets out the circumstances in which proceedings may be transferred between levels of courts, class of court or particular court.\nPart 4 provides for applications following refusal to order the transfer of proceedings from a magistrates’ court to a county court and for appeals against the transfer of proceedings to a magistrates’ court by a court.\nPart 5 contains revocations, consequential amendments and transitional provisions.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2836/note",
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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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