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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-no-2-rules-northern-ireland-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/310",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-no-2-rules-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Magistrates’ Courts\nMade 3rd September 2009\nComing into operation 30th September 2009\nThe Magistrates’ Courts Rules Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 13 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, after consultation with the Lord Chancellor and with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I.26); Article 13 was amended by Schedule 5, paragraph 65 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/310/introduction",
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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."
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