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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003-transitional-provisions-savings-and-consequential-provisions-order-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/911",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts Act 2003 (Transitional Provisions, Savings and Consequential Provisions) Order 2005",
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  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Continuity",
  "text": "Anything which before 1st April 2005, is in the process of being done by, to or in relation to a justices' chief executive, in the exercise of, or in connection with his statutory functions and powers as a justices' chief executive may continue to be done by, to or in relation to a designated officer for a justice of the peace, magistrates' court or local justice area, as the case may be, including any legal proceedings being taken by or against a justices' chief executive.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/911/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:01:18.048987+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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