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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-constitution-regulations-1994/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2811",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-constitution-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 2nd November 1994\nLaid before Parliament 3rd November 1994\nComing into force 28th November 1994\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 21 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 55, section 21 was amended by S.I. 1992/709 and by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29), section 71."
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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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