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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legal-services-act-2007-appeals-from-licensing-authority-decisions-no2-order-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2011/9780111515402",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) (No.2) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legal-services-act-2007-appeals-from-licensing-authority-decisions-no2-order-2011",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes provision under Part 5 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c.29) (“the 2007 Act”) for the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) to hear and determine appeals from decisions made by the Law Society which are appealable under any provision of Part 5 of the 2007 Act or the Law Society’s own licensing rules (“licensing appeals”).\nArticle 4 provides for licensing appeals to be heard and determined by the Tribunal; makes provision for costs orders on licensing appeals; and modifies section 46 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47) in its application to licensing appeals.\nArticle 5 sets out the steps that the Tribunal may take on an appeal from the licensing rules and makes provision about appeals from the Tribunal which lie to the High Court.\nA full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111515402/note",
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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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