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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-amendment-rules-1988/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/226",
  "legislation_title": "The Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-amendment-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Rules 1988.\n(2) These Rules shall come into force on 4th April 1988.\n(3) In these Rules a rule referred to by number means the rule so numbered in the Matrimonial Causes Rules 1977.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/344. There are no relevant amending instruments."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/226/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:11:59.841445+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."
}