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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-children-amendment-regulations-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/534",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid (Scotland) (Children) Amendment Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-scotland-children-amendment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Legal Aid (Scotland) (Children) Regulations 1987 (“the principal Regulations”). They make provision for a solicitor having a right of audience by virtue of section 25A (rights of audience) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, as amended by section 24 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990, to be entitled to the same fees as counsel when appearing in the Court of Session (regulation 3).\nThey also amend the reference to the “the right of a minor” to apply for legal aid as a consequence of the Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 50) (regulation 4).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/534/note",
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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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