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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-commission-areas-order-1999/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis is the first order under section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 as substituted by section 74 of the Access to Justice Act 1999. It specifies the commission areas for England and Wales. Each of the areas was a commission area immediately before section 74 came into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3010/note",
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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."
}