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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-59",
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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/59",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Instructing counsel",
  "text": "(1) Where it appears to an assisted person’s solicitor that the proper conduct of the proceedings so requires, he may instruct counsel; but, unless authority has been given in the certificate or by the Area Director,–\n(a) counsel shall not be instructed in authorised summary proceedings; and\n(b) a Queen’s Counsel or more than one counsel shall not be instructed.\n(2) Any instructions delivered to counsel under paragraph (1) shall–\n(a) include a copy of the certificate (and any amendments to it) and any authority to incur costs under this Part of these Regulations;\n(b) be endorsed with the legal aid reference number; and\n(c) in the case of authorised summary proceedings, show the authority for counsel to be instructed;\nbut no fees shall be marked on any set of papers so delivered.",
  "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": "applied",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/627",
      "affecting_title": "The Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/59",
    "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."
}