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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-international-co-operation-rules-1991/article-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Letters of request in urgent cases",
  "text": "Where in a case of urgency a magistrates' court sends a letter of request direct to any court or tribunal in accordance with section 3(5) of the Act, the justices' clerk shall forthwith notify the Secretary of State of this and send with the notification a copy of the letter of request.",
  "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/7",
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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."
}