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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-court-composition-and-distribution-of-business-rules-2014/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/840",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business) Rules 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-court-composition-and-distribution-of-business-rules-2014",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Composition: matters part heard",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a hearing—\n(a) was before two or three lay justices; and\n(b) was part heard.\n(2) The court which resumes the hearing shall, wherever possible, be composed of the same lay justices as dealt with the previous part of the hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/840/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:31:20.192297+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."
}