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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-tainted-acquittals-rules-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1055",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996) (Tainted Acquittals) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-tainted-acquittals-rules-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nPROCEDURE\nMade 24th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 24th March 1997\nComing into force 15th April 1997\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as extended by section 145 of that Act, and 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; section 144 was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraph 25(1) and (7); there are amendments to section 145 not relevant to these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1055/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:09:51.089995+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}