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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-procedure-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/3098",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-procedure-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales\nMade 12th December 2012\nLaid before Parliament 17th December 2012\nComing into force 1st April 2013\nThe Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(2) and (4), 12(2) to (6), 28(1) and (3) and 41(1)(a) and (b), (2) and (3)(a) and (b) of, and paragraph 3(3) and (4) of Schedule 3 to, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 .",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 42(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) provides that in Part 1 of that Act “regulations” means regulations made by the Lord Chancellor."
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      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2012 c. 10."
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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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