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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-general-no-2-amendment-no-2-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2378",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2003",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 11th September 2003\nLaid before Parliament 15th September 2003\nComing into force 6th October 2003\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Lord Chancellor by section 13 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 and now vested in him, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c. 22; amended by the Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Act 2001 (c. 4), section 1. “Prescribed” is defined in section 26 of the Access to Justice Act 1999."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By virtue of the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), articles 4(1) and 9, Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 paragraph 11(1)(a)."
    }
  ],
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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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