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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maximum-number-of-judges-order-1999/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3138",
  "legislation_title": "The Maximum Number of Judges Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maximum-number-of-judges-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Section 4(1)(e) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, prescribing the maximum number of puisne judges of the High Court, shall be amended so as further to increase the maximum number of those judges to 106.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 4(1)(e) was amended by S.I. 1987/2059 and S.I. 1993/1255."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3138/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:31.814728+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."
}