# The Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989, Regulation 33: Application in representative, fiduciary or official capacity


Where an application is made in a representative, fiduciary or official capacity, the Area Director–
(a) shall take into account the value of any property or estate or the amount of any fund out of which the applicant is entitled to be idemnified and the financial resources of any persons (including the applicant if appropriate) who might benefit from the proceedings; and
(b) may (without prejudice to regulation 28) either–
(i) approve the application, subject to the payment from the property or resources specified in sub-paragraph (a) of any sums which he may in his discretion determine, or
(ii) refuse the application, if he concludes that to do so would not cause hardship.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-33
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