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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007-commencement-no-3-and-transitory-provisions-order-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3149",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Services Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory Provisions) Order 2008",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Legal Services, England And Wales\nMade 6th December 2008\nLaid before Parliament 10th December 2008\nComing into force 1st January 2009\nThe Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 204, 208(2) and (4) and 211(2) of the Legal Services Act 2007:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2007 c. 29."
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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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