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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-general-no-2-amendment-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/712",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-general-no-2-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 13th March 2002\nLaid before Parliament 18th March 2002\nComing into force 8th April 2002\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 12, 13 and 15 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c. 22. Section 13 was amended by section 1 of the Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Act 2001 (c. 4)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/712/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."
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