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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-licensed-legal-services-specification-of-regulated-professions-scotland-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2012/9780111017128",
  "legislation_title": "The Licensed Legal Services (Specification of Regulated Professions) (Scotland) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-licensed-legal-services-specification-of-regulated-professions-scotland-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 146(3)(a)(vii) of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nLegal Profession\nMade 2012\nComing into force 2012\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 49(4) of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 5 of that Act, the Scottish Ministers considered it appropriate to consult, and have consulted, such persons or bodies as appear to them to have a significant interest in the particular subject matter to which the making of these Regulations relates.\nIn accordance with section 49(5)(b) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers have consulted the persons and bodies specified in that section.\nIn accordance with section 49(5)(a) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers have obtained the Lord President’s agreement to the making of these Regulations.\nIn accordance with section 146(3)(a)(vii) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2010 asp 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 146(3)(a)(vii) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)."
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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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