{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-special-measures-directions-rules-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1687",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Special Measures Directions) Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-special-measures-directions-rules-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MAGISTRATES' COURTS\nMade 28th June 2002\nLaid before Parliament 1st July 2002\nComing into force 24th July 2002\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 and sections 20(6) and 65(1) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, 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; section 144 is extended by section 145 of that Act, by the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), section 93, by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), sections 10, 125(3) and Schedule 18, paragraph 25(7) and by the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25), section 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1999 c. 23."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1687/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:53:51.854503+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."
}