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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1999/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3344",
  "legislation_title": "The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the 1990 Act” means the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;\n“the commencement date” means 1st January 2000;\n“the existing Schedule 4” and “the new Schedule 4” mean respectively Schedule 4 to the 1990 Act prior to and subsequent to the commencement date;\n“the Advisory Committee” means the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct established by section 19 of the 1990 Act;\n“the Consultative Panel” means the Legal Services Consultative Panel established by section 18A of the 1990 Act; and\nother words and expressions have the meanings ascribed to them by section 119 of the 1990 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 5 to the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) substitutes new provisions for Schedule 4 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 19 is repealed by Part II of Schedule 15 to the Access to Justice Act 1999."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 18A is inserted in the 1990 Act by section 35(2) of the Access to Justice Act 1999."
    }
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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