{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986-amendment-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/42",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-act-1986-amendment-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LEGAL AID AND ADVICE\nMade 15th February 2001\nComing into force 19th February 2001\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred bysections 13(4) and 37(1) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, herebymake the following Regulations, a draft of which has, in accordance withsection 37(2) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution ofthe Scottish Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 47. The functions of the Secretary of State weretransferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of theScotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/42/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."
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