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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-children-and-young-persons-rules-1988/article-40",
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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/40",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Issue of summons or warrant to enforce attendance of parent or guardian.",
  "text": "Where a child or young person is charged with an offence, or is for any other reason brought before a court, a summons or warrant may be issued by a court to enforce the attendance of a parent or guardian under section 34 of the Act of 1933, in the same manner as if an information were laid upon which a summons or warrant could be issued against a defendant under the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 and a summons to the child or young person may include a summons to the parent or guardian to enforce his attendance for the said purpose.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/913/article/40",
    "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."
}