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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-services-general-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/197",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Services (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-services-general-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Access To Justice\nMade 24th March 2016\nComing into operation 15th April 2016\nThe Department of Justice makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 26(2)(b) and (3) of the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, and now vested in it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/435 (N.I. 10)"
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      "text": "S.I. 2010/976"
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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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