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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-confidentiality-rules-1997/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/704",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996) (Confidentiality) Rules 1997",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996) (Confidentiality) Rules 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.\n(2) In these Rules—\n“the Act of 1996” means the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996;\n“the applicant” in any rule means the applicant in relation to an application to which that rule applies; and\n“the prosecutor” means the prosecutor in the proceedings which are referred to in rule 2(3)(a).",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/704/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."
}