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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-new-method-of-instituting-proceedings-specification-of-relevant-prosecutors-order-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/430",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (New Method of Instituting Proceedings) (Specification of Relevant Prosecutors) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-new-method-of-instituting-proceedings-specification-of-relevant-prosecutors-order-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law, England And Wales\nMade 22nd March 2016\nLaid before Parliament 24th March 2016\nComing into force 14th April 2016\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 29(5)(h), 29(5A) and 330(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (“the Act”).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 44; section 29 was amended by section 46 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/430/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:25:00.565087+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."
}