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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-magistrates-courts-regulations-1996/schedule/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/674",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Changes for England (Magistrates' Courts) Regulations 1996",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Sheriffs Act 1887",
  "text": "In section 38 of the Sheriffs Act 1887 the following shall be inserted at the end—\n“Any reference to a justice of the peace for a county shall be construed in relation to any area in England outside Greater London as a reference to a justice of the peace for a commission area (as defined in section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979) comprising the whole or any part of that county.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1887 c. 55; the previous definition of county in section 38 was repealed by Schedule 30 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) and a new definition was inserted by S.I. 1995/1748."
    }
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      "affecting_title": "Access to Justice Act 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1997/25",
      "affecting_title": "Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed)"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/674/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:48:56.010058+00:00"
  },
  "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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