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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-1995/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-1995/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/585",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nPROCEDURE\nMade 7th March 1995\nLaid before Parliament 8th March 1995\nComing into force 10th April 1995\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 and in pursuance of section 5B(9) of the Bail Act 1976, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 43; section 144 is extended by section 145 of that Act and section 144(3) was amended by paragraph 25(7) of Schedule 18 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1976 c. 63; section 5B was inserted by section 30 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/585/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."
}