{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-no2-order-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2949",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Justice Areas (No.2) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-no2-order-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order:—\n“existing area” means a local justice area existing before 1st January 2006 and altered by this Order;\n“new area” means a local justice area constituted by this Order;\n“relevant new area” (in relation to anything done before 1st January 2006 by, to, before or in relation to, justices for an existing area or their clerk), means the new area specified in paragraph 3(1) of this Order and, where there is more than one such new area, it means the new area in respect of which that thing should have been done if the proceedings had begun on or after that date;any reference to a “justice” for an area shall be construed as a reference to a justice of the peace who ordinarily acts, or, as the case may be, will, on and after 1st January 2006, ordinarily act, in and for that area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2949/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:04.596026+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."
}