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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/169",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Army) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DEFENCE\nMade 12th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 14th February 1997\nComing into force 1st April 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 75(2), 83B(11), 84A, 92(5), 93(3), 94(5), 102(1), 103 113(1), 141(1), 143(1) and 209(3B), of the Army Act 1955, hereby makes the following Rules:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1955 c. 18; section 103 was substituted by, sections 92(5), 143(1) and 209(3B) were amended by and sections 83B(11) and 84A were inserted by the Armed Forces Act 1996 (c. 46), section 5 and Schedule 1. Section 113 was substituted by the Armed Forces Act 1996, section 16 and Schedule 5."
    }
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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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