{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-amendment-regulations-1991/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-amendment-regulations-1991/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/524",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 by—\n(1) excluding from the assessment of costs under the Regulations the provisions of the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 which allow for reduction and enhancement of the prescribed rates; and\n(2) requiring bills estimated to be not more than £500 to be assessed by the Legal Aid Board and increasing the amount at which the Board may assess bills from £500 to £1,000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/524/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."
}