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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-tribunal-increase-in-penalty-order-1990/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1011",
  "legislation_title": "The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (Increase in Penalty) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-tribunal-increase-in-penalty-order-1990",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis order amends section 47(2)(c) of the Solicitors Act 1974 by increasing the maximum penalty which the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal may order a solicitor to pay from £3,000 to £5,000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1011/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:20:46.861717+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."
}