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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-magistrates-courts-act-1994-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1994/note",
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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",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 1st November 1994 various sections of Part IV (which relates to magistrates' courts) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 and certain provisions of the Act in Part I of Schedule 8 (minor and consequential amendments) and Part II of Schedule 9 (repeals). Section 79 of the Act is brought into force only for the purpose of constituting a magistrates' courts committee for the inner London area.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2594/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."
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