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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/413",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "magistrates’ courts\nMade 17th October 2006\nComing into operation in accordance with Rule 1\nThe Magistrates’ Court Rules Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 13 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and Article 80A(7) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 after consultation with the Lord Chancellor and with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice:—",
  "extent": null,
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  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26) to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by paragraph 65 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12). Article 80A was inserted by Article 31 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1247 (N.I. 13)) as amended by Article 24 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1965 (N.I.15))."
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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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