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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-international-co-operation-rules-1991/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1074",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Justice (International Co-operation)) Rules 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-international-co-operation-rules-1991",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Service of summons or order outside the United Kingdom",
  "text": "Where a summons is issued or order is made by a magistrates' court in accordance with section 2(1) of the Act for service outside the United Kingdom it shall be sent by the justices' clerk to the Secretary of State with a view to its being served there in accordance with arrangements made by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/615",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Transfer of Justices' Clerks' Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2001"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1074/article/3",
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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."
}