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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-amendment-rules-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1966",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) (Amendment) Rules 1991",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 30th August 1991\nLaid before Parliament 9th September 1991\nComing into force 30th September 1991\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 18 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under section 144 of the Magistrate’s Courts Act, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 55."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1980 c. 43."
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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."
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