{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-crime-international-co-operation-rules-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1048",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Crime (International Co-operation)) Rules 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-crime-international-co-operation-rules-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 5th April 2004\nLaid before Parliament 5th April 2004\nComing into force 26th April 2004\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 and section 49 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 43; the power in section 144 is extended by section 145 of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2003 c. 32; section 49 is supplemented by section 3(4)(b) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1, and paragraphs 8, 10 and 17 of Schedule 2 to, the 2003 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1048/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:27:49.773128+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}