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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/251",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2008",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Magistrates’ Courts\nMade 16th June 2008\nComing into operation in accordance with Rule 1\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 paragraph 65 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/251/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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