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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-functions-order-1989/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/551",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid (Functions) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-functions-order-1989",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Functions under Part VI of the Legal Aid Act 1988",
  "text": "The general function conferred on the Legal Aid Board by section 3(2) of the Legal Aid Act 1988 shall include all such functions mentioned in subsection (4)(c) of that section as are required to be exercised by the Board to enable it to determine under the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Procedings (General) Regulations 1989 as respects representation under Part VI of that Act:–\n(a) a renewed application for amendment or withdrawal of a grant of representation; and\n(b) an application for prior authority to incur expenditure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/551/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:46:23.844796+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."
}