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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1987-preparatory-hearings-rules-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1051",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1987 (Preparatory Hearings) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1987-preparatory-hearings-rules-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 24th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 24th March 1997\nComing into force 15th April 1997\nWe the Crown Court Rule Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred upon us by sections 84(1) and 86 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, and section 9(6) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987, hereby make the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 54; section 86 was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraph 36(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1987 c. 38; section 9(6) was amended by section 74(4) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25) in relation to alleged offences into which no criminal investigation, within the meaning given by section 1(4) of that Act of 1996, has begun before the day appointed under section 1(5) of that Act of 1996."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1051/introduction",
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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."
}