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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-defence-service-information-requests-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111473153",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-defence-service-information-requests-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 25(9) of the Access to Justice Act 1999, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nLegal Services Commission, England And Wales\nMade 2009\nComing into force 2nd March 2009\nThe Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26 of, and paragraph 6(2)(f), (3)(d) and (4) of Schedule 3 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999.\nThe Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs have agreed to the making of regulation 3 of these Regulations in accordance with paragraph 6(3)(d) of Schedule 3 to that Act.\nA draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 25(9) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c.22. Section 26, which was amended by section 2(6) of the Criminal Defence Service Act 2006 (c.9), contains definitions of “regulations”, “relevant authority” and “prescribed”. The reference to the Lord Chancellor in the definition of “regulations” was changed to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887) and changed back to the Lord Chancellor by the Transfer of Functions (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3429). Paragraph 6 was inserted by section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c.4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 25(9) was amended by section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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