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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111124772",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015",
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  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions: registered European lawyers",
  "text": "(1) Article 4 applies in relation to registered European lawyers as it applies in relation to a solicitor, subject to the following modifications—\n(a) a reference to a sole solicitor is to be read as a reference to a sole practitioner; and\n(b) a reference to a sole solicitor endorsement is to be read as a reference to a sole practitioner endorsement.\n(2) In this article “registered European lawyer” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the 2000 Regulations.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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