{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2007/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2007/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2284",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Justice Areas Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order provides for the reorganisation of the local justice areas in South Somerset and Mendip. A new local justice area named South Somerset and Mendip replaces the existing local justice areas of Mendip and South Somerset. The Order is brought into force on 24 August 2007 for the purpose of enabling appointments to be made and elections to be held on the basis of the combined area. The Order is brought into force on 1st January 2008 for the substantive creation of the combined area. This Order also provides for minor drafting amendments to the Local Justice Areas (No. 1) Order 2006 and the Local Justice Areas (No. 2) Order 2006 to make their provision consistent with that made in this Order. These amendments come into force on 24 August 2007.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2284/note",
    "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."
}