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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-courts-amendment-no-2-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/588",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-courts-amendment-no-2-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COUNTY COURTS\nMade 6th March 1996\nLaid before parliament 6th March 1996\nComing into force\nArticle 4(a): 1st May 1996\nremaining provisions: 30th March 1996\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(1) and 26(1) of the County Courts Act 1984, and by section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, hereby makes the following Order:-",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1984 c. 42."
    }
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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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