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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petty-sessional-divisions-berkshire-order-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1275",
  "legislation_title": "The Petty Sessional Divisions (Berkshire) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petty-sessional-divisions-berkshire-order-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 18th June 1990\nComing into force 1st January 1991\nWhereas the magistrates' courts committee for the County of Berkshire has, in pursuance of subsection (1) of section 23 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979rs), submitted to the Secretary of State a draft order making provision about the division of part of the said county into petty sessional divisions:\nAnd whereas by subsections (3) (a) and (5) of the said section it is provided that the Secretary of State may by statutory instrument make the Order either in the terms of the said draft or with such modifications as he thinks fit and that the said Order may contain transitional and other consequential provisions:\nAnd whereas the provisions of subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 24 of the Act of 1979 have been complied with:\nNow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by subsections (3) and (5) of the said section 23, I hereby make the following Order:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 55."
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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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