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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982-rules-1986/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1962",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) Rules 1986",
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  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The prescribed officer",
  "text": "The prescribed officer of a magistrates' court for the purposes of the 1982 Act shall be the justices' clerk.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "transfer of functions",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/709",
      "affecting_title": "The Transfer of Functions (Magistrates' Courts and Family Law) Order 1992"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2002/194",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) (Amendment) Rules 2002"
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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."
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