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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-constitution-greater-london-rules-2003/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2960",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings Courts (Constitution) (Greater London) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-constitution-greater-london-rules-2003",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules—\n“the 1989 Act” means the Children Act 1989;\n“District Judge (Magistrates' Courts)” means a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) appointed under section 10A(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997;\n“Greater London area” means the Commission Area of Greater London;\n“justice” means a justice of the peace who is not a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts);\n“petty sessions area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997; and\n“panel” means “family panel”, within the meaning of section 92 of the 1989 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1997 c. 25. Sections 10A and 10B were substituted by section 78 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2960/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:44:43.887317+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."
}