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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-act-1988-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2132",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Justice Act 1988) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-act-1988-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nPROCEDURE\nMade 2nd December 1988\nLaid before Parliament 13th December 1988\nComing into force 5th January 1989\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as extended by section 145 of that Act, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 43."
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  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2132/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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