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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-128",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989",
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  "path": "regulation/128",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "128",
  "heading": "Oral examination of parties",
  "text": "(1) The court may, if it thinks fit, order the assisted person and any party who has filed an affidavit pursuant to regulation 125 to attend for oral examination as to his means and as to any other facts (whether stated in any document before the court or otherwise) which may be relevant to the determination of the amount of the assisted person’s liability for costs and may permit any party to give evidence and call witnesses.\n(2) Where the court has made an order under regulation 127(b), the person to whom the matter has been referred for investigation may exercise the power conferred on the court by this regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/2036",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1991"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/128",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:48:43.448906+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."
}