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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-general-no2-amendment-no3-regulations-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2777",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No.2) (Amendment No.3) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-general-no2-amendment-no3-regulations-2009",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) Regulations 2001, which govern the provision of publicly funded legal services in criminal cases. They provide that, for the purposes of legal aid, certain proceedings relating to drinking banning orders under the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 are to be regarded as criminal proceedings.\nAn impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on businesses, charities or voluntary bodies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2777/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:04:18.983799+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}