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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-commencement-no3-order-1989/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/288",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid Act 1988 (Commencement No.3) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-commencement-no3-order-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st April 1989",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Legal Aid Act 1988 shall come into force on 1st April 1989:\nsections 1 and 2, section 3(2), (3) and (4), sections 4 to 28, section 30(1) and (2), sections 31 to 34, sections 36 to 43, section 45, Schedules 2, 3, 5 and 6, Schedule 7 paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 and 11.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/288/article/2",
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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."
}