{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-55",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-55.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/55",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Right to show cause on application to remove limitation",
  "text": "An Area Director shall not refuse an application to amend a certificate (other than an emergency certificate) by removing a limitation imposed upon it until–\n(a) notice has been served on the assisted person that the application may be refused and his certificate discharged and that he may show cause why the application should be granted; and\n(b) the assisted person has been given an opportunity to show cause why his application should be granted.",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/55",
    "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."
}