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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/election-petition-amendment-rules-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1352",
  "legislation_title": "The Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/election-petition-amendment-rules-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 12th May 1999\nLaid before Parliament 13th May 1999\nComing into force 7th June 1999\nWe, the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, being the authority having for the time being the power to make rules of court for the Supreme Court, in exercise of the power conferred on us by sections 136, 182 and 185 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 make the following rules:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2. Section 136 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), section 24 and schedule 4, paragraph 48."
    }
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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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