{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1079",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989",
  "text": "After regulation 26, there shall be inserted the following regulation:—\n“Meeting with a mediator in family matters\n26A Subsection (3F) of section 15 of the Act shall not apply:—\n(a) where there is no recognised mediator available to the applicant or any other party to the proceedings to hold a meeting under that subsection; or\n(b) where:—\n(i) the applicant is likely to fulfil the conditions under which legal aid may be granted under the Act and these Regulations;\n(ii) it is in the interests of justice that the applicant should, as a matter of urgency, be granted legal aid; and\n(iii) an application for an emergency certificate under regulation 19 has been made.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1079/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:09:35.118485+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."
}