{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/337",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Legal Aid And Advice\nMade 17th September 2015\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 17th September 2015\nComing into force 22nd September 2015\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 33(2), (3) and (3A) and 36(2)(c) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c.47; section 33(2) was amended by the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), section 67. Section 33(3A) was inserted by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.48), section 51. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), section 53."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/337/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:27:36.049266+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}