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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-services-of-lawyers-and-lawyers-practice-revocation-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780348210132",
  "legislation_title": "The Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-services-of-lawyers-and-lawyers-practice-revocation-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nExiting The European Union\nLegal Profession, England And Wales\nLegal Profession, Northern Ireland\nMade ***\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and sections 12 and 14 of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to, the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.\nIn accordance with paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2018 c. 16; section 8 was amended by section 27 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) and paragraph 21(b) of Schedule 7 was amended by paragraphs 38 and 53(1) and (2)(b) of Schedule 5 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2020 c. 1; the power in sections 12 and 14 is exercisable by the “appropriate authority” as to which see section 12(8) and section 14(6)."
    }
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  "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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