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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-of-functions-court-staff-amendment-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3096",
  "legislation_title": "The Contracting Out of Functions (Court Staff) (Amendment) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-of-functions-court-staff-amendment-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COUNTY COURTS\nMade 10th December 1996\nLaid before Parliament 11th December 1996\nComing into force 1st January 1997\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 27(3) of the Courts Act 1971, having consulted with the senior judges, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 23; section 27 was amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40). Schedule 16, paragraph 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3096/introduction",
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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."
}