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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-children-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2003/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/478",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003",
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  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 18th December 2003.\n(2) In these Rules, a reference to a Schedule or a Form by a number means the Schedule or Form so numbered in the Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1999 No. 7"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/478/article/1",
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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."
}