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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-28",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/172",
  "legislation_title": "The Standing Civilian Courts Order 1997",
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  "path": "article/28",
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  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Functions of assessors",
  "text": "An assessor may advise the magistrate on any matter (other than a question of law) arising at any stage during the proceedings, and shall for this purpose, and this purpose alone, remain with the magistrate when he deliberates on any matter, including sentence.",
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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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