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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-amendment-regulations-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/486",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 5th March 1990\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 1990\nComing into force 9th April 1990\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 9, 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 34; section 43 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meanings assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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