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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-scope-amendment-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3377",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1999",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 16th December 1999\nComing into force 1st January 2000\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 8 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, makes the following Regulations a draft of which has, in accordance with section 36(3)(b) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 34; section 43 was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraph 60. Section 43 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to “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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