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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-rules-1995/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/971",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 1995",
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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 magistrates' court, other than such a court sitting as a youth cour, family proceedings court or a licensing or betting licensing committee, shall not be greater than three.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
}