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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-2/enacted",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-2/enacted.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/enacted",
  "path": "part/2",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING THE RULES; POWERS AND DUTIES OF COURT OFFICERS AND JUSTICES’ LEGAL ADVISERS",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nUnderstanding and applying the Rules\nWhen the Rules applyrule 2.1\nDefinitionsrule 2.2\nReferences to Acts of Parliament and to Statutory Instrumentsrule 2.3\nPowers of authorised court officers\nExercise of court’s functions by authorised court officers: general rulesrule 2.4\nExercise of functions of the Court of Appealrule 2.5\nExercise of functions of the High Courtrule 2.6\nExercise of functions of the Crown Courtrule 2.7\nExercise of functions of magistrates’ courtsrule 2.8\nExercise of functions of a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in extradition casesrule 2.9\nCourt’s power to extend time under rule 2.6 or rule 2.7rule 2.10\nPowers of court officers to take statutory declarations\nTaking of statutory declarations by court officersrule 2.11\nJustices’ legal advisers\nDuties of justices’ legal adviserrule 2.12",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "enacted",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/part/2",
    "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."
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