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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-civil-legal-aid-rules-amendment-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/332",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Civil Legal Aid Rules Amendment) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-civil-legal-aid-rules-amendment-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Legal Aid And Advice\nMade 11th October 2017\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 13th October 2017\nComing into force 13th November 2017\nIn accordance with section 4 of the Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Act 2013, the Court of Session has approved draft rules submitted to it by the Scottish Civil Justice Council.\nThe Court of Session therefore makes this Act of Sederunt under the powers conferred by section 38(1) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 and all other powers enabling it to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2013 asp 3. Section 4 was amended by the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), schedule 5, paragraph 31(3) and by the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 2), schedule 1, paragraph 1(4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c.47. Section 38 was last amended by the Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Act 2013 (asp 3), section 15(1)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/332/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:16:24.520846+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."
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