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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-227",
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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/227",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "227",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend section 91 (transfer of fines from Scotland and Northern Ireland) as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) for “in a specified petty sessions area in England and Wales, a magistrates' court acting for that area,” substitute “ by a magistrates' court in England and Wales, a magistrates' court acting in the area in which the person subject to the order resides, ”, and\n(b) for “justices' chief executive for” substitute “ designated officer for ”.\n(3) In subsection (3)—\n(a) for “in a petty sessions area” substitute “ by a magistrates' court ”, and\n(b) for “acting for that area” substitute “ acting in the area in which the person subject to the order resides ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/schedule/8/paragraph/227",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:53.122162+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."
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