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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-commencement-no-1-order-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1361",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-commencement-no-1-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 29th July 1988\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 47(2) of the Legal Aid Act 1988, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
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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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