{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-costs-against-legal-representatives-in-civil-proceedings-rules-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-costs-against-legal-representatives-in-civil-proceedings-rules-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2096",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Costs Against Legal Representatives in Civil Proceedings) Rules 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-costs-against-legal-representatives-in-civil-proceedings-rules-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 16th September 1991\nLaid before Parliament 23rd September 1991\nComing into force 14th October 1991\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under that section, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 43, as extended by section 145A of that Act. Section 145A was inserted by section 112 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2096/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."
}