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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988/schedule-2/part-I/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/34",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Aid Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following proceedings in a magistrates’ court, namely—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) proceedings under section 43 of the National Assistance Act 1948, section 22 of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950, section 4 of the Maintenance Orders Act 1958, or section 18 of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976;\n(c) proceedings in relation to an application for leave of the court to remove a child from a person’s custody under section 27 or 28 of the Adoption Act 1976 or proceedings in which the making of an order under Part II or section 29 or 55 of the Adoption Act 1976 is opposed by any party to the proceedings;\n(d) proceedings under Part I of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 relating to a maintenance order made by a court of a country outside the United Kingdom;\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(f) proceedings for or in relation to an order under Part I of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978.\n(g) proceedings under the Children Act 1989.\n(h) appeals under section 20, where they are to be made to a magistrates’ court , and proceedings under section 27 of the Child Support Act 1991 .\n(i) proceedings under section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Part I para. 2(a)(e) repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(7), Sch. 15; S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Part I para. 2(g) added (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(4), Sch. 12 para. 45; S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. I para.2(h) added (27.5.1993) by S.I. 1993/1354, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Appeals on issues of parentage are to be made to a court under the Child Support Appeals (Jurisdiction of Courts) Order 1993 (S.I.1993/961), made under sections 45(1) and (7) and 58(7) of the Child Support Act 1991 (c.48).Under the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 1993 (S.I.1993/624), these proceedings are allocated to magistrates' courts in the first instance."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "1991 c.48; section 20 is modified by S.I. 1993/961, which provides for appeals on parentage issues to go to a court."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 2(i) added (1.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2768, reg.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "1990 c.37."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1948 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1950 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1958 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1976 c. 71."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "1976 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "1972 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "1978 c. 22."
    }
  ],
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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."
}