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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-amendment-rules-1987/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1137",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) (Amendment) Rules 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-amendment-rules-1987",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) (Amendment) Rules 1987 and shall come into force on 1st August 1987.\n(2) In these Rules, “the principal Rules” means the Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 1986.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "S.I. 1986/923."
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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."
}