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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2013/89",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Magistrates’ Courts\nProcedure\nMade 25th March 2013\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, and Articles 17(5), 21BA(9) and 39(1) of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 after consultation with the Department of Justice and 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 133 of Schedule 18 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (2010 No 976); and paragraph 65 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1999 No.2789 (N.I.8) to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2008 No. 1216 (N.I.1)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/89/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."
}