{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2007/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2007/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2284",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Justice Areas Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2007",
  "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 2008 and altered by this Order;\n“new area” means a local justice area constituted by this Order;\nany 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 or after 1st January 2008, 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/2007/2284/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:52.144002+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."
}