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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-forms-amendment-no-2-rules-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2421",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Forms) (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-forms-amendment-no-2-rules-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules amend the Magistrates' Courts (Forms) Rules 1981 to take account of the changes effected by and consequential upon section 38 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, which came into force on 1st October 1997. Section 38 removes the requirements for the accused to consent to the making of various community sentences and, in most cases, to indicate his willingness to comply with the requirements of such sentences. These Rules accordingly amend certain forms used in relation in criminal proceedings as a consequence of these changes. These Rules do not affect proceedings in relation to offences committed before 1st October 1997.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2421/note",
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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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