{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-no-2-rules-2001/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/610",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-no-2-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981",
  "text": "In rule 39—\n(a) in paragraph (1), before “notify in writing” insert “the justices' chief executive shall”;\n(b) in paragraph (2), for “the clerk to whom” substitute “the justices' chief executive to whom”;\n(c) in paragraph (3), for “the clerk may” substitute “the justices' chief executive may”;\n(d) in paragraph (4), for “the clerk’s office” substitute “the office of the justices' chief executive”; and\n(e) in paragraph (6), for “the clerk shall notify” substitute “the justices' chief executive shall notify” and for “the clerk grants” substitute “the clerk of the court grants”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/610/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:00:44.618572+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."
}