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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1319",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-amendment-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales\nMade 19th December 2017\nLaid before Parliament 21st December 2017\nComing into force 21st February 2018\nThe Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(3), 15(1), 21(2) and 41(1) to (3) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.\nIn making these Regulations, in accordance with section 15(3) of that Act, the Lord Chancellor has had regard, in particular, to the interests of justice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2012 c. 10. Section 42(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) provides that in Part 1 of the Act “regulations” means regulations made by the Lord Chancellor."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1319/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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