# The Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989, Regulation 20: Refusal of emergency certificate


An application for an emergency certificate may be refused–
(a) on one of the grounds on which a substantive certificate may be refused under regulation 34; or
(b) on the ground that the applicant is unlikely to fulfil the conditions under which legal aid may be granted; or
(c) on the ground that it is not in the interests of justice that legal aid be granted as a matter of urgency.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-20
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