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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-and-civil-legal-aid-amendment-regulations-2023/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/745",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal and Civil Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 3rd July 2023\nLaid before Parliament 4th July 2023\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(2), 15(5) and (6), 21(2), 23(1), (2) and (5), and 41(1) to (3) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "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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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2012 c. 10."
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  "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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