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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1997/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/262",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 29th June 1997.\n(2) In these Rules, “the principal Rules” means the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1992 No. 314; to which the most recent relevant amendment was made by S.R. 1996 No. 222"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/262/article/1",
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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."
}