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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-magistrates-courts-etc-amendment-order-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/612",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Magistrates' Courts etc.) (Amendment) Order 2001",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 27th February 2001\nLaid before Parliament 2nd March 2001\nComing into force 1st April 2001\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 101 of the Local Government Act 1985, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 51; by virtue of section 103(6), the power conferred on the Secretary of State by section 101 may also be exercised by any appropriate Minister which, by virtue of section 105(2) has the meaning given to it in the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), section 270(1) and is, in relation to magistrates' courts, the Lord Chancellor."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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