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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-general-regulations-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/9",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-general-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales\nMade 9th January 2013\nLaid before Parliament 14th January 2013\nComing into force 1st April 2013\nThe Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(2) and (4), 13(4) and (5), 14(h), 15(1), (4) to (7) and (9), 16(4) and (6), 17(4), 18(3), (4) and (6), 28(1) and (3), 30(2) and (3), 41(1), (2) and (3) of, and paragraphs 4(1) and (3), 5(4), (7) and (13) and 9(3) of Schedule 3 to, 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": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 42(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) (“the Act”) provides that in Part 1 of that Act “regulations” means regulations made by the Lord Chancellor."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2012 c. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 3 to the Act (legal aid for legal persons: advice and assistance for criminal proceedings) applies section 15(3) of the Act to regulations made under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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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