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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senior-courts-transfer-amendment-and-consequential-provision-order-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/723",
  "legislation_title": "The Senior Courts (Transfer, Amendment and Consequential Provision) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senior-courts-transfer-amendment-and-consequential-provision-order-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SENIOR COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 8th July 2026\nLaid before Parliament 15th July 2026\nComing into force 1st October 2026\nUnder section 7(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, the Lord Chancellor and the judges mentioned in subsection (2) of that section made a recommendation for the transfer of the Admiralty Court and Commercial Court from the King’s Bench Division to the Chancery Division.\nHis Majesty, in pursuance of the powers conferred on Him by section 7(1) and (3) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order as follows.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 54; section 7 was amended by paragraph 120 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/723/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:58:52.873409+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."
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