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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2001/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/855",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2001",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Funding of services—Lord Chancellor",
  "text": "(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the duty of the Commission under section 14(1) of the Act shall, until 4th April 2005, have effect as a duty of the Lord Chancellor in relation to representation in:\n(a) criminal proceedings in the House of Lords;\n(b) proceedings in the criminal division of the Court of Appeal; and\n(c) proceedings in the Crown Court.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to:\n(a) any proceedings in the Crown Court which are prescribed under section 12(2)(g) of the Act;\n(b) any Very High Cost Case which is the subject of an individual contract for the provision of funded services; or\n(c) any proceedings in which representation is provided by a person employed by the Commission for that purpose.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/642",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt (transtl savings)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/714",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2002"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/855/article/3",
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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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