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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maximum-number-of-judges-order-1987/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2059",
  "legislation_title": "The Maximum Number of Judges Order 1987",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Section 2(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, prescribing the maximum number of ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal, as increased by the Maximum Number of Judges Order 1983, shall be amended so as further to increase the maximum number of those judges to 28.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/1705."
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:16:37.145827+00:00"
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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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