{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-costs-regulations-2013/regulation-20",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/611",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (Costs) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-costs-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Rights to appear",
  "text": "(1) The Lord Chancellor and the receiving party may appear at—\n(a) any hearing in relation to which notice has been given under regulation 16(3)(c);\n(b) the hearing of any appeal under regulation 18(5); or\n(c) the hearing of any application under regulation 19(8).\n(2) The Lord Chancellor may, instead of appearing under paragraph (1), give evidence in the form of a written statement to the court, verified by a statement of truth.\n(3) The Lord Chancellor must file with the court any statement under paragraph (2), and serve a copy on the receiving party, not less than seven days before the hearing to which it relates.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 in force at 1.4.2013, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/611/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:00:49.542995+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."
}