{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-child-abduction-and-custody-rules-1986/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-child-abduction-and-custody-rules-1986/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1141",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Child Abduction and Custody) Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-child-abduction-and-custody-rules-1986",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nPROCEDURE\nMade 1st July 1986\nLaid before Parliament 10th July 1986\nComing into Operation 1st August 1986\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as extended by sections 10 and 24 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1141/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:45:33.013771+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}