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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-court-and-county-courts-jurisdiction-amendment-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3141",
  "legislation_title": "The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1996",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COUNTY COURTS\nSUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 12th December 1996\nComing into force\nArticles 1, 2, 3, 4(1) and 4(3) 1st January 1997\nArticle 4(2) 1st March 1997\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, having consulted as required by section 1(9) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order a draft of which has, in accordance with section 120(4) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:—",
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 41."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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