{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1987/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1987/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/38",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1987",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Commencement of trial and arraignment.",
  "text": "(1) If a judge orders a preparatory hearing, the trial shall begin with that hearing.\n(2) Arraignment shall accordingly take place at the start of the preparatory hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/38/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:51:32.307131+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}