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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-very-high-cost-cases-regulations-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/40",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Very High Cost Cases) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-very-high-cost-cases-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "legal Services commission, england and walEs\nMade 11th January 2008\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(5) of the Access to Justice Act 1999.\nIn accordance with section 25(9) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c.22. “Regulations” is defined in section 26 of the Act as regulations made by the Lord Chancellor. The reference to the Lord Chancellor was changed to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887) and was changed 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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