{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1999/134",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SUPREME COURT, NORTHERN IRELAND\nCROWN COURT\nMade 17th March 1999\nTo be laid before Parliament\nComing into operation 16th August 1999\nWe, the Crown Court Rules Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred upon us by section 52(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, Articles 10(7) and 11(3) of the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and of all other powers enabling us in that behalf, hereby with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor makes the following Rules:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 23"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/1141 (N.I. 6)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/134/introduction",
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  },
  "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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