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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-commission-areas-order-1999/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3010",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-commission-areas-order-1999",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st December 1999.\n(2) In this Order “MCC” means magistrates' courts committee.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/696",
      "affecting_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) (Amendment) Order 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3010/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:04.911527+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."
}