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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-financial-conditions-scotland-regulations-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2000/108",
  "legislation_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-financial-conditions-scotland-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE\nMade 7th April 2000\nComing into force 10th April 2000\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 11(2), 36(2)(b) and 37(1) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 37(2) of that Act, been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 47; section 11(2) was amended by the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Schedule 10, paragraph 61 and by the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), Schedule 2, paragraph 9 and section 36(2)(b) was amended by the Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34), Schedule 4, paragraph 6. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/108/introduction",
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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."
}