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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petty-sessions-areas-divisions-and-names-amendment-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/609",
  "legislation_title": "The Petty Sessions Areas (Divisions and Names) (Amendment) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petty-sessions-areas-divisions-and-names-amendment-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 28th February 2001\nComing into force 1st April 2001\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 25; section 34 is amended by sections 75(3) and 106 of, and Part V(1) of Schedule 15 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/609/introduction",
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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."
}