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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-part-ivallocation-of-proceedings-order-1997/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1896",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Law Act 1996 (Part IV)(Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996-part-ivallocation-of-proceedings-order-1997",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Classes of magistrates' court",
  "text": "The classes of magistrates' court specified for the purposes of this Order are family proceedings courts, being those courts constituted in accordance with section 67 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 43; section 67 was amended by the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), section 92(11), Schedule 11 paragraph 8."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1896/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:59:13.963370+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."
}