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The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Family and Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023

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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Family and Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 No. 150

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3.—(1) This Order comes into force on 1st March 2023, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) The following provisions come into force on 1st May 2023—

(a)article 4(1) and (2);

(b)articles 5(2) and 6(3) so far as they insert the definition of “parental guardianship case”;

(c)article 5(4), (5) and (8);

(d)article 6(2) so far as it inserts new sub-paragraph (db); and

(e)article 7(2).

(3) Articles 4(3), 7(3)(a) and 8 come into force on the first day on which a provision of Part 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021(1) (except a power to make regulations) comes into force, including where that provision is brought into force for a specified purpose or in relation to a specified area under section 90 of that Act.

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