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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2010/12",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Magistrates’ Courts\nMade 26th January 2010\nComing into operation 1st March 2010\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, and section 49 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 and 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2003 C.32; section 49 is implemented by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 8,10 and 17 of Schedule 2 to the 2003 Act."
    }
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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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