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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-procedure-act-1998-commencement-no-1-order-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1837",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1998",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Act 1998 on 1st September 1998 and includes transitional provisions in connection with sections 2 and 3. Section 5 of that Act came into force on Royal Assent; section 1 is not yet in force.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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