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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-176",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/39",
  "legislation_title": "Courts Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/176",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "176",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend section 38 (circumstances in which solicitor who is justice of the peace may not act as solicitor) as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), for “for any area, or for any partner of his, to act in connection with proceedings before any of those justices” substitute “ assigned to any local justice area, or for any partner of his, to act in connection with proceedings before any justice of the peace acting in that area ”.\n(3) Omit subsections (2) and (3).\n(4) In subsection (3A)—\n(a) for “for any petty sessions” substitute “ in any local justice ”, and\n(b) for “acting for” substitute “ acting in ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/25",
      "affecting_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009"
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    {
      "type": "repealed",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/schedule/8/paragraph/176",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:53.122162+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."
}