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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litigants-in-person-costs-and-expenses-magistrates-courts-order-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3438",
  "legislation_title": "The Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) (Magistrates' Courts) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litigants-in-person-costs-and-expenses-magistrates-courts-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 15th October 2001\nLaid before Parliament 19th October 2001\nComing into force 15th November 2001\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(1) and (4)(c) of the Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Act 1975, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 47; there are no relevant amendments."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3438/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."
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