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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/709",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace Rules 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Size of bench",
  "text": "The number of justices sitting to deal with a case as a magistrates’ court must not be greater than three.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 4 in force at 31.7.2016, see rule 1(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/709/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:22:12.985248+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."
}