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  "title": "The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) (Legal Aid Exceptions) Order 1998",
  "short_title": "Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) (Legal Aid Exceptions) 1998",
  "long_title": "This Order provides for certain contracts made by the Legal Aid Board for the provision of advice, assistance, mediation or representation to be excepted contracts for the purposes of section 2 of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”). The contracts concerned are those where the charges and fees are not negotiated but rather are those determined in accordance with the relevant regulations under the Legal Aid Act 1988. Payments made under such contracts by the Legal Aid Board will therefore not carry statutory interest under the 1998 Act.",
  "citation": "S.I. 1998/2482",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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