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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-constitution-rules-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-constitution-rules-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1405",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings Courts (Constitution) Rules 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-constitution-rules-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 11th June 1991\nLaid before Parliament 28th June 1991\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 43, as extended by section 67 of that Act. Section 67 was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 11 to the Children Act 1989."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1405/introduction",
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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."
}