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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-commencement-no16-order-2007/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1999",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.16) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-commencement-no16-order-2007",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The coming into force of the provisions specified in article 2 shall have effect only for the purposes of—\n(a) criminal proceedings instituted by a public prosecutor within the meaning of section 29(5)(a) of the 2003 Act (a police force, or a person authorised by a police force to institute criminal proceedings), in a magistrates’ court sitting in one of the following locations:\n(i) Barking Magistrates’ Court;\n(ii) Bexley Magistrates’ Court;\n(iii) Brentford Magistrates’ Court;\n(iv) Bromley Magistrates’ Court;\n(v) Coalville Magistrates’ Court;\n(vi) Croydon Magistrates’ Court;\n(vii) Harrow Magistrates’ Court;\n(viii) Hendon Magistrates’ Court;\n(ix) Knowsley Magistrates’ Court;\n(x) Loughborough Magistrates’ Court;\n(xi) Melton Magistrates’ Court;\n(xii) Oakham Magistrates’ Court;\n(xiii) Redbridge Magistrates’ Court;\n(xiv) Richmond Magistrates’ Court;\n(xv) St Helens Magistrates’ Court;\n(xvi) Waltham Forest Magistrates’ Court;\n(xvii) City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court; and\n(xviii) Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court; and\n(b) criminal proceedings instituted by a public prosecutor within the meaning of section 29(5)(e) of the 2003 Act (a person authorised by a Secretary of State to institute criminal proceedings), who is authorised for the purposes of section 49 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (authorised persons), in a magistrates’ court sitting in Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 22."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1999/article/3",
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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."
}