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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petty-sessions-areas-divisions-and-names-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1698",
  "legislation_title": "The Petty Sessions Areas (Divisions and Names) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petty-sessions-areas-divisions-and-names-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 4th October 1988\nComing into force 12th October 1988\nIn exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 24 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 and subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 24B of that Act, I hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 55. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 24 were amended by section 12 of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51). For the definition of “prescribed” see section 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Sections 24A and 24B were inserted by section 164 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1698/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."
}