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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025",
  "path": "part/12",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "DISCONTINUING A PROSECUTION",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nWhen this Part applies\nrule 12.1\nDiscontinuing a case\nrule 12.2\nDefendant’s notice to continue\nrule 12.3",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/part/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:44.140935+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."
}