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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-custody-time-limits-amendment-regulations-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2744",
  "legislation_title": "The Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) (Amendment) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-custody-time-limits-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) Regulations 1987 so as to provide for a maximum magistrates' court custody time limit of 56 days (from first appearance to start of trial) in relation to those charged with summary offences.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2744/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:17.492911+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}