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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-commencement-no-2-scotland-order-1988/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1388",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) (Scotland) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-commencement-no-2-scotland-order-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 29th July 1988 the following provisions of Schedule 4 to the Legal Aid Act 1988, all of which amend the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 47)\n(a) Paragraph 1 (payments out of the Scottish Legal Aid Fund);\n(b) Paragraph 2 (expenses in favour of certain assisted persons);\n(c) Paragraph 4 (restriction on payment and employment of solicitor or counsel);\n(d) Paragraph 5A (regulations);\n(e) Paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 (expenses of unassisted party);\n(f) Paragraph 9 (Board’s property to be rateable).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1388/note",
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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."
}