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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-256",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-256.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/39",
  "legislation_title": "Courts Act 2003",
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  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/256",
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  "number": "256",
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  "text": "(1) Amend section 47 (power of magistrates' court to declare that an unnecessary highway is not maintainable at public expense) as follows.\n(2) In subsection (5), for “acting for the petty sessions for” substitute “ assigned to the local justice area in ”.\n(3) In subsection (6), for “chief executive to” substitute “ designated officer for ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "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      "type": "repealed",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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  "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."
}