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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-functions-order-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1929",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid (Functions) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-functions-order-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 19th July 2000\nComing into force 1st August 2000\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3(4) of the Legal Aid Act 1988, makes the following Order, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 36(2)(b) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 34."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1929/introduction",
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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."
}