{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committee-areas-amendment-order-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committee-areas-amendment-order-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/676",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Committee Areas (Amendment) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committee-areas-amendment-order-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 9th March 2000\nComing into force 1st April 2000\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 27A(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 25. Section 27A(2) was inserted into the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 by section 81 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/676/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:31.465034+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."
}