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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-children-and-young-persons-amendment-rules-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2420",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-children-and-young-persons-amendment-rules-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nPROCEDURE\nMade 6th October 1997\nLaid before Parliament 10th October 1997\nComing into force 1st November 1997\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1980, and after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 43; section 144 was extended by section 145 of that Act and by section 18(2)(b) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2420/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."
}