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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1997/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/428",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Plea of guilty by post",
  "text": "(1) In Rule 10 paragraph (1) for the words “by Forms 3, 4 and 6” substitute the words “by Forms 3 and 4 and Form 6 or 6A as appropriate.”.\n(2) In Rule 10 paragraph (3) after the words “in Form 6” insert the words “or Form 6A as appropriate.”.\n(3) In Form 3 after the words “in Form 6” insert the words “or Form 6A as appropriate” in both places where they occur.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/428/article/3",
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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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