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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/636",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1991",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 11th March 1991\nLaid before Parliament 18th March 1991\nComing into force 8th April 1991\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:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 34; sections 9 and 34 were amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraph 63. Section 43 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “regulations”."
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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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