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				</ukm:Metadata><Contents><ContentsTitle>Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 1981</ContentsTitle><ContentsItem ContentRef="section-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/27/section/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/27/section/1" RestrictExtent="E+W+S"><ContentsNumber>1</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle> Restrictions on reports of committal proceedings.</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem><ContentsItem ContentRef="section-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/27/section/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/27/section/2" RestrictExtent="E+W+S"><ContentsNumber>2</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle> Short title, commencement and extent.</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem></Contents><Primary><PrimaryPrelims DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/27/introduction" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/27/introduction"><Title>Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 1981</Title><Number>1981 c. 27</Number><LongTitle><CommentaryRef Ref="c2076524"/>An Act to amend the law relating to the restriction of reports of committal proceedings in magistrates’ courts in cases where there is more than one accused.</LongTitle><DateOfEnactment><DateText>[2nd July 1981]</DateText></DateOfEnactment></PrimaryPrelims></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c2076524" Type="F"><Para><Text>Act repealed (prosp.) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44" id="c00001" Year="2003" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="44" Title="Criminal Justice Act 2003">Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00002" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/section/332" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-332">ss. 332</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00003" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/section/336/3" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-336-3">336(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00004" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/37/part/4" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="schedule-37-part-4" Operative="true">Sch. 37 Pt. 4</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>