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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-children-and-young-persons-rules-1988/article-24",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/913",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-children-and-young-persons-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/24",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Duty of court to explain procedure to relevant infant at end of applicant’s case.",
  "text": "Subject to rule 21(2)(c), if it appears to the court after hearing the evidence in support of the applicant’s case that he has made out aprima facie case it shall tell the relevant infant or the person conducting the case on his behalf under rule 22 that he may give evidence or make a statement and call witnesses.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/1991",
      "affecting_title": "The Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc.) Rules 1991"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/913/article/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:06:18.954433+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."
}