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  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/45",
  "legislation_title": "County Courts (Penalties for Contempt) Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-penalties-for-contempt-act-1983",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to provide for county courts to be treated as superior courts for the purposes of section 14 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981.\n[13th May 1983]\nBe it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
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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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