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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-international-co-operation-rules-1991/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 25th April 1991\nLaid before Parliament 8th May 1991\nComing into force 10th June 1991\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 as extended by section 145 of that Act and section 10 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990, 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 5."
    }
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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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