{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litigants-in-person-costs-and-expenses-order-1980/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litigants-in-person-costs-and-expenses-order-1980/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1980/1159",
  "legislation_title": "The Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Order 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litigants-in-person-costs-and-expenses-order-1980",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LITIGANTS IN PERSON\nMade 29th July 1980\nLaid before Parliament 7th August 1980\nComing into Operation 1st September 1980\nIn exercise of the powers conferred on them respectively by section 1(1)(c) and section 1(2)(c) of the Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Act 1975, the Lord Chancellor (in relation to England and Wales) and the Lord Advocate (in relation to Scotland) hereby make the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/1159/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."
}