{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2015/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2015/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1506",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Justice Areas Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2015",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“existing area” means a local justice area as it exists immediately before 1st January 2016;\n“new area” means a local justice area constituted by this Order.\n(2) Any reference to a justice for an area is to 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 2016, 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/2015/1506/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:33:58.474035+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."
}