{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2021/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Senior Courts Of England And Wales\nMagistrates’ Courts, England And Wales\nMade 11th January 2021\nLaid before Parliament 15th January 2021\nComing into force in accordance with rule 2\nThe Criminal Procedure Rule Committee makes the following Rules under sections 69 and 86A(2) of the Courts Act 2003, after consulting in accordance with section 72(1)(a) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 39; section 69 was amended by sections 15(1) and 146 of, and paragraphs 308 and 332 of Schedule 4 and Part 2 of Schedule 18 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4). Section 86A was inserted by section 162 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/40/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:18:26.104374+00:00",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}