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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1985-commencement-no-1-order-1986/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/364",
  "legislation_title": "The Administration of Justice Act 1985 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1985-commencement-no-1-order-1986",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order brings into force on 12th March 1986 the following provisions of the Administration of Justice Act 1985:\n(a) Section 12 and Schedule 3 (establishment of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers and supplementary provisions);\n(b) section 2 (in part; examination of solicitors' files in connection with complaints), sections 4 and 5 (conditions imposed on practising certificates), section 7 (preparation of papers for probate by unqualified persons), section 8 and schedule 1 (minor amendments of the Solicitors Act 1974); and\n(c) Section 46 (remuneration for work done before the making of legal aid order),\nand on 28th April 1986 the following provision of that Act:\n(d) Section 50 (power of High Court to appoint substitute for, or to remove, personal representative).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/364/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:53:19.419086+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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