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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-commencement-no3-order-1989/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 1st April 1989 all those provisions of the Legal Aid Act 1988 which are not already in force excepting section 29 (representation in contempt proceedings), Schedule 4, paragraphs 3 (contributions), 5 (fees and outlays of solicitors and counsel) and 10 (rateability of Board’s property), and section 44 insofar as it relates to the above-mentioned provisions of Schedule 4. (Schedule 4 extends only to Scotland.)\nThe provisions are:-\nsection 1\n(purpose of the Act)\nsection 2\n(interpretation)\nsection 3(2), (3), (4)\n(functions of the Legal Aid Board)\nsection 4\n(powers of the Board)\nsection 5\n(duties of the Board)\nsection 6\n(legal aid fund)\nsection 7\n(accounts and audit)\nsections 8 to 13\n(advice and assistance)\nsections 14 to 18 and Schedule 2\n(civil legal aid)\nsections 19 to 26 and Schedule 3\n(criminal legal aid)\nsections 27, 28 and 30(1) and (2)\n(legal aid in care proceedings)\nsections 31 to 34\n(position and assignment of legal representatives, legal aid complaints and power to make regulations)\nsection 36\n(supplementary provisions as to orders and regulations)\nsection 37\n(Board’s Annual Report)\nsection 38\n(restriction of disclosure of information)\nsection 39\n(proceedings for misrepresentation)\nsection 40\n(adaptation of rights of indemnity)\nsection 41\n(application to the Crown)\nsection 42\n(finance)\nsection 43\n(definitions)\nsection 45 and Schedules 5, and 6 and Schedule 7, paragraphs 1 to 5 and 9 to 11\n(amendments, repeals and transitional provisions)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/288/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."
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