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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-proceedings-and-magistrates-courts-act-1978-commencement-no-2-order-1978/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-proceedings-and-magistrates-courts-act-1978-commencement-no-2-order-1978/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1489",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-proceedings-and-magistrates-courts-act-1978-commencement-no-2-order-1978",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order brings into force on 20th November 1978 the provisions of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 mentioned in the Schedule to this Order. The Order does not affect Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1489/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:28:08.649946+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."
}