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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-amendment-order-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/957",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-amendment-order-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Legal Services Commission, England And Wales\nMade 2nd April 2008\nLaid before Parliament 2nd April 2008\nComing into force 24th April 2008\nThe Lord Chancellor makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(3) of the Access to Justice Act 1999.\nHe has had regard to the matters specified in section 25(3) of that Act and has consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society in accordance with section 25(2) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c.22. The powers were conferred on the Lord Chancellor by that Act, transferred to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887) and transferred back to the Lord Chancellor by the Transfer of Functions (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3429)."
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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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