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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-act-1980/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/43",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-act-1980",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A representative may on behalf of a corporation—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) consent to the corporation being tried summarily;\n(c) enter a plea of guilty or not guilty on the trial by a magistrates’ court of an information.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 2(a) repealed (18.6.2012 for specified purposes, 5.11.2012 for specified purposes, 28.5.2013 for specified purposes) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 3 para. 51(13)(a), Sch. 37 Pt. 4; S.I. 2012/1320, art. 4(1)(c)(d)(2)(3) (with art. 5) (see S.I. 2012/2574, art. 4(2) and S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2012/2574, art. 2(2)(3)(c)(d), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (4.11.2012) by S.I. 2012/2761, art. 2) (with S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2013/1103, art. 2(1)(c)(2)(3) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    }
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      "affecting_title": "Antarctic Act 2013"
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      "affecting_title": "Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Act 2026"
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      "affecting_title": "Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Act 2026"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/43/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:26:47.197891+00:00"
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  "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."
}