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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-justices-clerks-and-assistants-rules-2014/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111108888",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices’ Clerks and Assistants Rules 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-justices-clerks-and-assistants-rules-2014",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Functions which may be carried out by an assistant justices’ clerk",
  "text": "(1) An assistant justices’ clerk may carry out any function that a justices’ clerk may carry out pursuant to rule 2, provided that that assistant justices’ clerk has been authorised by a justices’ clerk to carry out that function.\n(2) The functions specified in section 31O(2) of the Act may be carried out by an assistant justices’ clerk.\n(3) An authorisation by a justices’ clerk under paragraph (1) above must be recorded in writing at the time the authorisation is given or as soon as practicable thereafter.",
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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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