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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007-commencement-no-6-transitory-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2009/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3250",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Services Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6, Transitory, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007-commencement-no-6-transitory-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2009",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transitory and transitional provisions",
  "text": "Until 1st April 2010, paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 has effect as if the following sub-paragraph were inserted after paragraph 4(4)—\n“(5) For the purposes of this paragraph, a barrister will be deemed to have in force a practising certificate issued by the General Council of the Bar if the only reason that a practising certificate has not been issued is that the barrister has not paid the prescribed practising certificate fee.”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 1.1.2010, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3250/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:58:58.482924+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."
}