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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-scope-regulations-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/550",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-scope-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 23rd March 1989\nComing into force 1st April 1989\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 8 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, hereby makes the following Regulations of which a draft 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",
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      "text": "1988 c. 34."
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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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