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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-courts-amendment-no-3-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2579",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Courts (Amendment No. 3) Order 1996",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COUNTY COURTS\nMade 10th October 1996\nLaid before Parliament 14th October 1996\nComing into force 4th November 1996\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 99(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, sections 2(1) and 26 of the County Courts Act 1984 and by sections 117(4) and 374 of the Insolvency Act 1986, hereby makes the following Order: —",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 54."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1984 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1986 c. 45."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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