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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-constitution-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2252",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-constitution-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 28th August 2003\nLaid before Parliament 2nd September 2003\nComing into force 1st October 2003\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 29 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 25. Section 29 was substituted by section 82 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)."
    }
  ],
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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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