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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-amendment-regulations-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/495",
  "legislation_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996 to provide that a solicitor’s right to prior payment of fees and outlays out of any property recovered or preserved for a client in respect of advice and assistance shall not apply to–\n(a) the first £4,200 recovered or preserved by virtue of certain family proceedings (this sum is increased from £2,500); and\n(b) any money paid in accordance with an order made by the Social Security Commissioners or the Child Support Commissioners.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/495/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:39:22.969680+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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