{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committee-areas-order-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3008",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Committee Areas Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committee-areas-order-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 3rd November 1999\nComing into force 1st December 1999\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 27A(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 and paragraph 29 of Schedule 14 to the Access to Justice Act 1999, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 25. Section 27A(2) is inserted into the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 by section 81 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22). This is the first order under section 27A(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1999 c. 22."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3008/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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