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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/751",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 10th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1997\nComing into force\nAll provisions except regulations 3, 4, 5 and 6 1st April 1997\nRegulation 5 7th April 1997\nRegulations 3, 4 and 6 1st June 1997\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 9, 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988 and having had regard to the matters specified in section 34(9) and having consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 34; sections 34 and 43 were amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraphs 60 and 63. Section 43 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “regulations”."
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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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