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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-clerks-amendment-rules-2011/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/633",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices’ Clerks (Amendment) Rules 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-clerks-amendment-rules-2011",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendments to Justices’ Clerks Rules 2005",
  "text": "After rule 3 insert—\n“3A. Where a justices’ clerk—\n(a) is performing the function of a single justice in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 7 of Schedule 2 to these Rules; and\n(b) considers, for whatever reason, that it is inappropriate to perform the function,\nthe justices’ clerk must refer the matter to the magistrates’ court which may perform the function.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/633/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:14:09.674934+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."
}