{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petty-sessional-divisions-devon-order-1991/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2048",
  "legislation_title": "The Petty Sessional Divisions (Devon) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petty-sessional-divisions-devon-order-1991",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order gives effect to a draft Order submitted by the magistrates' courts committee for the county of Devon and provides for–\nthe petty sessional divisions of Barnstaple and South Molton to be combined to form a new petty sessional division to be known as the Barnstaple and South Molton petty sessional division;\nthe petty sessional divisions of Axminster and Honiton to be combined to form a new petty sessional division to be known as the Axminster and Honiton petty sessional division;\nthe petty sessional divisions of Okehampton and Tavistock to be combined to form a new petty sessional division to be known as the West Devon petty sesional division; and\nthe petty sessional divisions of Kingsbridge, Plympton and Totnes to be combined to form a new petty sessional division to be known as the South Hams petty sessional division.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2048/note",
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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."
}