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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-29",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/172",
  "legislation_title": "The Standing Civilian Courts Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997",
  "path": "article/29",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Swearing in of magistrates, members and assessors on appointment",
  "text": "(1) A person appointed a magistrate under section 6(4) of the 1976 Act shall take an oath upon his appointment before the Lord Chancellor or a person authorised by him in that behalf.\n(2) A person appointed a member of a panel under subsection (6) or (8) of section 6 of the 1976 Act shall take an oath upon his appointment before the magistrate or the Judge Advocate General.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/680",
      "affecting_title": "The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2006"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2006/680",
      "affecting_title": "The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2006"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/172/article/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:04.339831+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."
}