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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2302",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 21st December 1988\nLaid before Parliament 6th January 1989\nComing into force 1st February 1989\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 39 of the Legal Aid Act 1974, and now vested in him, and having had regard to the matters specified in section 39(3), hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 4; section 39 was amended by the Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34), Schedule 8, paragraph 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1980/705."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2302/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."
}