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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-rules-1990/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1554",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 1990",
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  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Size of bench",
  "text": "The number of justices sitting to deal with a case as a magistates' court, other than such a court sitting as a juvenile court or hearing domestic proceedings within the meaning of section 65 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, shall not be greater than seven.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 65 was amended by section 44 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c. 42)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1554/article/3",
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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."
}