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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-financial-conditions-scotland-regulations-1995/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1220",
  "legislation_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-financial-conditions-scotland-regulations-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations increase the disposable income limit for eligibility for advice and assistance under the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 from £153 a week to £156 a week; they increase the weekly disposable income above which a person is required to pay a contribution from £63 to £64; and they prescribe the scale of contributions to be paid where the weekly disposable income exceeds £64 but does not exceed £156.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1220/note",
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  },
  "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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