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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/423",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 4th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1988\nComing into force 1st April 1988\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 39 of the Legal Aid Act 1974 and now vested in him and all other powers enabling him in that behalf and having had regard to the principle of allowing fair remuneration according to the work actually and reasonably done, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1980/705"
    }
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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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