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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-greater-manchester-amalgamation-order-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2426",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Greater Manchester) Amalgamation Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-greater-manchester-amalgamation-order-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 26th August 1999\nLaid before Parliament 3rd September 1999\nComing into force\nfor the purpose of articles 2 and 4 1st April 2001\nfor all other purposes 1st October 1999\nWhereas the magistrates' courts committees for the city of Manchester, the area of North and West Greater Manchester and the metropolitan districts of Oldham, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford have submitted proposals to the Lord Chancellor under section 32(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 for the amalgamation of the magistrates' courts committees for their areas:\nAnd whereas the provisions of section 32(2) of that Act have been complied with:\nNow, therefore, the Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 32(3) and (8) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1996/1024."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1997 c. 25."
    }
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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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