{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-allocation-of-proceedings-amendment-order-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1897",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-allocation-of-proceedings-amendment-order-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 which provides for the allocation of proceedings between the High Court, the county courts and the magistrates' courts of proceedings relating to children.\nArticle 2 extends the power of county courts to review the refusal by a magistrates' court of the transfer of proceedings to a county court.\nArticle 3 extends the power to provide for cases to be transferred from county courts to magistrates' courts.\nArticle 4 makes Shoreditch County Court one of the particular county courts in which proceedings may be taken and enables the three named county courts to make orders under section 4 of the Children Act 1989 (acquisitions of parental responsibility by father).\nArticle 5 nominates Salisbury County Court a family hearing centre and article 6 provides that the care centre for the Salisbury Petty Sessions Area is Swindon County Court in place of Bournemouth County Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1897/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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