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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-act-1991-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-1992/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2072",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Justice Act 1991) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-act-1991-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nPROCEDURE\nMade 27th August 1992\nLaid before Parliament 10th September 1992\nComing into force 1st October 1992\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, 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, as extended by section 145 of that Act and section 48 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2072/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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