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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-magistrates-courts-act-1994-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1994/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2594",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-magistrates-courts-act-1994-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1994",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "Subject to article 5, the following provisions of the 1994 Act shall come into force by virtue of this Order—\n(a) section 69 (alteration of magistrates' courts committee areas);\n(b) section 70 (constitution of magistrates' courts committees);\n(c) section 71 (regulations as to constitution etc. of magistrates' courts committees);\n(d) section 74 (reports and plans);\n(e) section 78 (independence of justices' clerk and staff in relation to legal functions);\n(f) section 85 (regulations as to accounts and audit);\n(g) section 86 (inspectors of the magistrates' courts service);\n(h) section 87 (powers of inspectors);\n(i) section 88 (default powers), except for subsection (6);\n(j) section 89 (studies by Audit Commission);\n(k) section 90 (regulations under the 1979 Act);\n(l) section 91(1) (magistrates' courts: minor and consequential amendments), so far as it relates to the entries in Part 1 of Schedule 8 referred to in article 6 below;\n(m) section 92 (interpretation of Part IV);\n(n) section 93 (repeals), so far as it relates to the entries in Part II of Schedule 9 (magistrates' courts: repeals) referred to in article 7 below.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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