{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007-commencement-no-3-and-transitory-provisions-order-2008/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3149",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Services Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory Provisions) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007-commencement-no-3-and-transitory-provisions-order-2008",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory Provisions) Order 2008.\n(2) This Order comes into force on 1st January 2009.\n(3) In this Order—\n(a) “the 2007 Act” means the Legal Services Act 2007; and\n(b) a reference to a section, Schedule or paragraph of a Schedule by number alone is a reference to that section, Schedule or paragraph in the 2007 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3149/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:20:28.421044+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."
}