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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-fees-variation-order-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-fees-variation-order-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2501",
  "legislation_title": "The Licensing (Fees) (Variation) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-fees-variation-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 18th October 1997\nLaid before Parliament 28th October 1997\nComing into force 1st January 1998\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 29(1) and 198(2) of the Licensing Act 1964, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1964 c. 26; section 29 was extended by section 4 of the Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 (c. 24)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2501/introduction",
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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."
}