{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-modification-regulations-2000/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-modification-regulations-2000/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2227",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid Act 1988 (Modification) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988-modification-regulations-2000",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations modify the Legal Aid Act 1988 so that, where a person appears before a magistrates' court following charge at a police station, criminal legal aid is available to that person without reference to financial resources, and without the need for a statement of means or a contribution to the costs of representation. This modification does not extend to cases where the court sends a person to the Crown Court for trial under the procedure for offences triable only on indictment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2227/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:40:24.365005+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}