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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-courts-constitution-amendment-rules-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/868",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Courts (Constitution) (Amendment) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-courts-constitution-amendment-rules-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 9th May 1988\nLaid before Parliament 16th May 1988\nComing into force 8th June 1988\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980(), as extended by section 67 of that Act, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 43."
    }
  ],
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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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