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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/296",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 8th June 2003\nComing into operation 30th June 2003\nThe Lord Chancellor in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Article 13 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and Articles 8(6) and 39(1) of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, on the advice of the Magistrates' Courts Rules Committee and after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981 / 1675 (N.I. 26)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999 / 2789 (N.I. 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/296/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."
}