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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-assessment-of-resources-amendment-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/753",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-assessment-of-resources-amendment-regulations-1997",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThese Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989 so as to:—\n(a) increase the income limit for non-contributory civil legal aid from £2,498 to £2,563; the upper income limit is increased from £7,403 to £7,595; for personal injury cases the upper income limit is increased from £8,158 to £8,370 (regulation 2); and\n(b) provide that a payment made under the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 shall be disregarded in computing disposable income and capital (regulation 3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/753/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:29.678074+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."
}