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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2021/article-26",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/40",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2021",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules",
  "text": "In Part 44 (Reopening a case in a magistrates’ court), in rule 44.2 (Statutory declaration of ignorance of proceedings)—\n(a) in paragraph (2)(a)(i) for “15 business days” substitute “21 days”;\n(b) in paragraph (4)(b) for “this Part” substitute “Part 24 (Trial and sentence in a magistrates’ court)”; and\n(c) in each of paragraphs (4)(c)(iii), (5)(c)(i) and (6)(b) for “this Part” substitute “Part 24”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/40/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:18:26.104374+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}