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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-west-glamorgan-and-south-wales-amalgamation-order-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1609",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Committees (West Glamorgan and South Wales) Amalgamation Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-west-glamorgan-and-south-wales-amalgamation-order-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 8th June 1999\nLaid before Parliament 9th June 1999\nComing into force\nfor the purpose of articles 2 and 4 1st April 2000\nfor all other purposes 30th June 1999\nWhereas the magistrates' courts committees for West Glamorgan and South Wales 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": "The South Wales magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1995/2375."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1997 c. 25."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1609/introduction",
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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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