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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-sex-offender-orders-rules-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2782",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Sex Offender Orders) Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-sex-offender-orders-rules-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nPROCEDURE\nMade 7th November 2002\nLaid before Parliament 11th November 2002\nComing into force 2nd December 2002\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, after consultation with the rule committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 43."
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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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