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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-costs-in-criminal-cases-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/430",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Costs in Criminal Cases) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-costs-in-criminal-cases-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Magistrates’ Courts\nMade 3rd December 2012\nComing into operation 1st January 2013\nThe Magistrates’ Courts Rules Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 13 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and section 7 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 after consultation with the Department of Justice and with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26): Article 13 was amended by paragraph 65 of Schedule 5 and by Schedule 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4); and by paragraph 133 of Schedule 18 to S.I. 2010/976."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1968 c.10 (N.I.): section 7 was amended by rule 48 of S.R. 1979 No. 90."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/430/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."
}