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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-family-law-act-1986-rules-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/329",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Family Law Act 1986) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-family-law-act-1986-rules-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nPROCEDURE\nMade 26th February 1988\nLaid before Parliament 1st March 1988\nComing into force 4th April 1988\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 by sections 27, 39 and 42(1) of the Family Law Act 1986, section 15 of the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 and section 100(7) of the Children Act 1975, 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": "1986 c. 55.See the definition of “prescribed” in section 42(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1971 c. 3. Section 15 was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Family Law Act 1986."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1975 c. 72. Section 100(7) was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to the Family Law Act 1986."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/329/introduction",
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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."
}