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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-psychoactive-substances-act-2016-transfer-of-proceedings-rules-2016/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/546",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Psychoactive Substances Act 2016) (Transfer of Proceedings) Rules 2016",
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  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts (Psychoactive Substances Act 2016) (Transfer of Proceedings) Rules 2016.\n(2) These Rules come into force on the day on which, and immediately after, section 35 of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 comes into force.\n(3) In these Rules, “the 2016 Act” means the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/546/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:23:52.253086+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."
}