{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-probation-areas-lancashire-order-1998/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-probation-areas-lancashire-order-1998/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2071",
  "legislation_title": "The Combined Probation Areas (Lancashire) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-probation-areas-lancashire-order-1998",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1713) to take account of the combination of the petty sessional divisions of Blackpool and Fylde affected by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Lancashire) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/949) which comes into force on 1st January 1999. It also reduces the number of justices on the committee for the Lancashire Area from 24 to 22. The petty sessional divisions of Blackpool and Fylde were formerly represented by 2 justices each.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2071/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:20:32.044166+00:00"
  },
  "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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