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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-generalamendment-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/591",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (General)(Amendment) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-generalamendment-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 9th March 2005\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 2005\nComing into force 1st April 2005\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Lord Chancellor by sections 16(6) and 34(1), (2)(f) and (8)(c) of the Legal Aid Act 1988 and now vested in him, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 34; see the definition of “regulations” in section 43. This Act is repealed by Part I of Schedule 15 to the Access to Justice Act (c.22), subject to immaterial exceptions, and to transitional provisions and savings contained in S.I 2000/774 and S.I. 2001/916."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By virtue of the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), article 4(1) and Schedule 1."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/591/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."
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