{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committee-areas-amendment-order-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/695",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Committee Areas (Amendment) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committee-areas-amendment-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 5th March 2001\nComing into force 1st April 2001\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)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/695/introduction",
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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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