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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-procedure-act-1998-commencement-no-2-order-1999/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1197",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-procedure-act-1998-commencement-no-2-order-1999",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1999, and in this Order “the Act” means the Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Act 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1197/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:27.939711+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."
}