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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-prospective-cost-amendment-regulations-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/973",
  "legislation_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Prospective Cost) Amendment Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-prospective-cost-amendment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Prospective Cost) (No. 3) Regulations 1988 by adding to the class of case for which assistance by way of representation may be provided by a solicitor up to the limit of £150 without obtaining the prior approval of the Scottish Legal Aid Board, the case where assistance by way of representation is provided in relation to a petition by a debtor for the sequestration of his estate under section 5(2)(a) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985, as amended by the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/973/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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