{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-46.json",
  "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/46",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Scope of certificates",
  "text": "(1) A certificate may be issued in respect of the whole or part of proceedings and may be extended to cover appellate proceedings other than those mentioned in paragraph (2).\n(2) A certificate shall not be extended to cover proceedings in the House of Lords or on appeal from a magistrates' court.\n(3) A certificate shall not relate to more than one action, cause or matter exept in the case of–\n(a) authorised summary proceedings; or\n(b) matrimonial proceedings; or\n(c) proceedings under the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971or the Guardianship Act 1973and proceedings under the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976;\n(d) an application for a grant of representation which is necessary to enable the action, which is the subject matter of the certificate, to be brought;\n(e) an application under section 33 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 or section 52 of the County Courts Act 1984 and subsequent court proceedings; or\n(f) proceedings which, under the Act, may be taken to enforce or give effect to any order or agreement made in the proceedings to which the certificate relates; and, for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, proceedings to enforce or give effect to an agreement or order shall include proceedings in bankruptcy or to wind-up a company.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1973 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1976 c. 50."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1981 c. 54."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1984 c. 28."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/2036",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1991"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/2036",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1991"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/46",
    "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."
}