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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-allocation-of-proceedings-order-1991/article-20",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1677",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991",
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  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Lambeth and Woolwich County Courts",
  "text": "Notwithstanding articles 14, 16 and 17, an application for an order under section 8 or under the Adoption Act 1976 may be commenced and tried in Lambeth County Court or in Woolwich County Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/624",
      "affecting_title": "The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/1897",
      "affecting_title": "The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 1997"
    },
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      "type": "rev",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2797",
      "affecting_title": "The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2005"
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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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