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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-and-care-proceedings-general-amendment-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/752",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-and-care-proceedings-general-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 so as to—\n(a) amend Form 6 in Schedule 2 to reflect the changes made by regulation 3 (regulation 2); and\n(b) increase the income limit for non-contributory criminal legal aid from £48 a week to £49 per week (regulation 3);\n(c) provide that a payment made under the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 shall be disregarded in computing disposable income and capital (regulations 4 and 5).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/752/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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