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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-act-1998-service-of-prosecution-evidence-regulations-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3115",
  "legislation_title": "The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) Regulations 1998",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations relate to circumstances where a person is sent by a magistrates' court to the Crown Court for trial pursuant to section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.\nRegulation 2 provides for the date on or by which the prosecutor shall serve copy documents containing the evidence on which the charge or charges are based on the accused and the Crown Court. This date shall be one year from the date on which the accused was sent for trial by the magistrates' court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3115/note",
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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."
}