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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2148",
  "legislation_title": "The Code of Conduct (Magistrates' Courts Committees and Selection Panels) Order 2000",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In this Code—\n(a) “the Code” means the code of conduct set out in this Schedule;\n(b) “a member”, unless the context otherwise requires, means a person who is either a member of a magistrates' courts committee or a member of a selection panel for choosing members of a magistrates' courts committee;\n(c) reference to a member’s partner means a person with whom that member lives as a couple and includes a person with whom that member is not currently living but from whom he is not living separate and apart;\n(d) reference to a member’s private interests means the interests that he has a duty to disclose under paragraph 3 (even if the time for making the disclousure under paragraphs 3(3) and 11 has not expired).",
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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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