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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-regulations-1987/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/382",
  "legislation_title": "The Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advice-and-assistance-scotland-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:–\n“the Act” means the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986;\n“advice and assistance” means advice and assistance given under Part II of the Act;\n“auditor” in relation to the taxation of accounts means the auditor of a sheriff court;\n“child” means a person under 16 years.\n(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is to one of these Regulations and any reference to a numbered Schedule is to a Schedule to these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/382/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:30:49.659901+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."
}