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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maximum-number-of-judges-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1142",
  "legislation_title": "The Maximum Number of Judges Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maximum-number-of-judges-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "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, shall be amended so as further to increase the maximum number to 35.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 2(1) was amended by S.I. 1983/1705, 1987/2059, 1993/605 and 1994/3217."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1142/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:44:56.505450+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."
}