{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-children-and-young-persons-rules-1992/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-children-and-young-persons-rules-1992/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2071",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) Rules 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-children-and-young-persons-rules-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 27th August 1992\nLaid before Parliament 10th September 1992\nComing into force 1st October 1992\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 and sections 32(4) and (5) and 32A(11) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 33; section 32(5) was amended, and section 32A inserted, by the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), sections 55(5) and 54."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2071/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:16:50.472181+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."
}