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  "legislation_title": "Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-magistrates-courts-act-1994",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make provision about police areas, police forces and police authorities; to make provision for England and Wales about magistrates’ courts committees, justices’ clerks and administrative and financial arrangements for magistrates’ courts; and for connected purposes.\n[21st July 1994]\nBe it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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