{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-notices-of-transfer-rules-1988/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-notices-of-transfer-rules-1988/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1701",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Notices of Transfer) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-notices-of-transfer-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules—\n“the Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 1987;\n“designated authority” means an authority referred to in section 4(2) of the Act;\n“notice of transfer” means a notice referred to in section 4(1)(c) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c. 38, amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), sections 144, Scheds. 15 and 16."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/384",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2005 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "rule 2 renumbered as rule 2(1)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1236",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1236",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1701/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:57:14.844591+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."
}