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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contempt-of-court-act-1981/schedule-1/paragraph-9A",
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  "legislation_title": "Contempt of Court Act 1981",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where proceedings in England and Wales have been discontinued by virtue of section 23 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, but notice is given by the accused under subsection (7) of that section to the effect that he wants the proceedings to continue, they become active again with the giving of that notice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9A inserted (E.W.) by Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23, SIF 39:1), s. 31(5), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 5"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:52.160059+00:00"
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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."
}