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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-31",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Determination of contribution",
  "text": "(1) The Area Director shall, when determining an application, also determine the sums for the time being payable on account of the applicant’s contribution and, in so doing, shall have regard to the probable cost of the proceedings.\n(2) Where the probable cost of the proceedings exceeds any maximum contribution which has been assessed, the Area Director shall determine the maximum contribution as the sum payable on account of the applicant’s contribution.\n(3) Save as otherwise provided by these Regulations, the sum determined under paragraph (1) shall not exceed the maximum contribution which has been assessed.",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/565",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1993"
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    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/565",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1993"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/31",
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  },
  "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."
}