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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-constitution-regulations-1994/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations revoke the Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1973 and make new provision for the constitution and quorum of magistrates' courts committees following the changes made by the Police and Magistrates' Act 1994. In particular, they provide for members to be chosen by a selection panel, an upper limit on membership and for the membership to rotate annually.\nA transitional timetable applies to all committees except that for the inner London area whereby the members of the first committee to be selected under these Regulations will take office on 1st October 1995 with a term of office extended by six months. Thereafter members will be appointed for a term commencing on 1st April in each year.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2811/note",
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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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