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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1432",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Devon and Cornwall) Amalgamation Order 1998",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“the 1997 Act” means the Justices of the Peace Act 1997;\n“the Constitution Regulations” means the Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1994;\n“the first appointed day” means 1st August 1998 or such earlier day as the transferor committees shall appoint for the establishment of the selection panel;\n“the second appointed day” means 1st September 1998 or such earlier day as the transferor committees shall appoint for the establishment of the transferee committee;\n“the amalgamation date” means 1st April 1999;\n“the transferor committees” means the magistrates' courts committees abolished by article 2;\n“the transferee committee” means the magistrates' courts committee constituted by article 3;\n“bench” means the justices assigned to a petty sessions area;\na reference to a justice for a retained county means a justice who ordinarily acts or will act in and for a petty sessions area comprised in that retained county;\nall other words and phrases have the same meanings as in the Constitution Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/2811."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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