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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-special-measures-directions-and-directions-prohibiting-cross-examination-rules-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1688",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Court (Special Measures Directions and Directions Prohibiting Cross-examination) Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-special-measures-directions-and-directions-prohibiting-cross-examination-rules-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 28th June 2002\nLaid before Parliament 1st July 2002\nComing into force 24th July 2002\nWe, the Crown Court Rule Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred upon us by sections 84(1) and 86 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 and sections 20(6), 37(5), 38(6) and 65(1) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 hereby make the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 54."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1999 c. 23."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1688/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."
}