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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-82",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-82.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/172",
  "legislation_title": "The Standing Civilian Courts Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997",
  "path": "article/82",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "82",
  "heading": "Unfitness to stand trial and insanity",
  "text": "(1) Where the court is required to adjourn the hearing and refer the case to the prosecuting authority by virtue of paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to the 1976 Act (unfitness to stand trial and insanity), it shall give the prosecuting authority, where reasonably possible—\n(a) details of the accused’s condition;\n(b) the charge-sheet and the note of proceedings.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/172/article/82",
    "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."
}