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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-legal-aid-ruleschildren-amendment-1997/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1194",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Legal Aid Rules)(Children) (Amendment) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-legal-aid-ruleschildren-amendment-1997",
  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional",
  "text": "An application for legal aid made before the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force shall, if it is lodged in writing with the sheriff clerk and is an application which, on or after that date, would by virtue of this Act of Sederunt fall to be made by being so lodged, be deemed to be duly made; and if an application so deemed is, whether before or after the said date, purportedly determined in accordance with section 29(4) of the Act of 1986 and regulation 7 of the Regulations, it shall be deemed to be duly determined.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1194/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:08:47.958069+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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