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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-notices-of-transfer-rules-1988/introduction",
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  "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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nPROCEDURE\nMade 3rd October 1988\nLaid before Parliament 7th October 1988\nComing into force 31st October 1988\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as extended by section 145 of that Act, 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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1701/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."
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