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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commission-areas-greater-london-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/640",
  "legislation_title": "The Commission Areas (Greater London) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commission-areas-greater-london-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND, AND WALES\nMade 26th February 2003\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 2003\nComing into force 1st July 2003\nWhereas the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority have, in pursuance of section 32A(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 submitted to the Lord Chancellor written proposals for the alteration of the commission areas for which they are the magistrates' courts committee:\nAnd whereas the provisions of section 32A(2) of that Act have been complied with:\nNow, therefore, the Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(2) of that Act, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 25; new section 1 was substituted by, and section 32A was inserted by, section 74 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)."
    }
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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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