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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-aid-certificates-rules-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/135",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Aid Certificates Rules (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-aid-certificates-rules-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Legal Aid And Advice\nMade 14th March 2012\nComing into operation 16th April 2012\nThe Department of Justice makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 36(3) of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 , and now vested in it .\nIn accordance with Article 36(3) of that Order, the Department has consulted with the Lord Chief Justice, the Attorney General, the Crown Court Rules Committee and the Magistrates' Courts Rules Committee and it has obtained the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8)"
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      "text": "S.I. 1982/159 and S.I. 2010/976"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/135/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."
}