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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-general-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/422",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-general-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 12th March 1987\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 1987\nComing into force 6th April 1987\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 39 of the Legal Aid Act 1974, and now vested in him, and section 7 of the Legal Aid Act 1982 and with the concurrence of the Treasury, 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1982 c. 44."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/422/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."
}