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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/23",
  "legislation_title": "Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where the appropriate court receives such a report, the court shall cause the offender to appear before it.\n(2) For the purpose of securing the attendance of the offender before the court, a justice acting for the petty sessions area for which the court acts may—\n(a) issue a summons requiring the offender to appear at the place and time specified in it, or\n(b) if the report is substantiated on oath, issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.\n(3) Any summons or warrant issued under sub-paragraph (2) shall direct the offender to appear or be brought before the appropriate court.\n(4) Section 4 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Process) Act 1881 (execution of process of English courts in Scotland) shall apply to any process issued under sub-paragraph (2) as it applies to process issued under the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1881 c. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1980 c. 43."
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/23/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:51.659271+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."
}