{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-1992/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/729",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nPROCEDURE\nMade 12th March 1992\nLaid before Parliament 12th March 1992\nComing into force 6th April 1992\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under that section, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 43; section 144 is extended by section 145 of that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/729/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:24:54.034761+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."
}