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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legal-aid-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2024/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legal-aid-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2024/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2024/9780111059364",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legal-aid-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 37(2) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nLegal Aid And Advice\nMade 2024\nComing into force 30th April 2024\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 28C(3) and 33(2)(a) and (3)(a), (b) and (f) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 37(2) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 47. Section 28C was inserted by section 191 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1) (“the 2011 Act”). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 37(2) has been modified by Schedule 3, paragraph 5 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) (“ILRA”) and amended by Schedule 5, paragraph 1(7) of the 2011 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The powers to make these Regulations are exercised together by virtue of section 33(2) of ILRA. The Regulations are subject to the affirmative procedure by virtue of section 33(3) of that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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