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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-fixed-payments-scotland-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/491",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-fixed-payments-scotland-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND\nMade 28th February 1999\nLaid before Parliament 2nd March 1999\nComing into force 1st April 1999\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 33 and 41A of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1986 c.47; sections 33(3A) and 41A were inserted by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.48), sections 51 and 54 respectively."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/491/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."
}