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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/services-of-lawyers-and-lawyers-practice-revocation-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1342",
  "legislation_title": "The Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/services-of-lawyers-and-lawyers-practice-revocation-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Exiting The European Union\nLegal Profession, England And Wales\nLegal Profession, Northern Ireland\nMade 23rd November 2020\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and sections 12 and 14 of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to, the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.\nIn accordance with paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2018 c. 16; section 8 was amended by section 27 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) and paragraph 21(b) of Schedule 7 was amended by paragraphs 38 and 53(1) and (2)(b) of Schedule 5 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2020 c. 1; the power in sections 12 and 14 is exercisable by the “appropriate authority” as to which see section 12(8) and section 14(6)."
    }
  ],
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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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