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  "legislation_title": "Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed)",
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  "number": "5",
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  "text": "In this Part of this Schedule—\n(a) the “1979 Act” means the Justices of the Peace Act 1979;\n(b) the “1994 Act” means the Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994; and\n(c) any reference to the commencement of this Act shall be construed in accordance with section 74(1) of this Act.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1979 c. 55."
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      "text": "1994 c. 29."
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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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