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Regulation 77 Discharge on the merits

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The Area Director shall discharge a certificate from such date as he considers appropriate where, as a result of information which has come to his knowledge, he considers that–

(a)

the assisted person no longer has reasonable grounds for taking, defending or being a party to the proceedings, or for continuing to do so; or

(b)

the assisted person has required the proceedings to be conducted unreasonably so as to incur an unjustifiable expense to the fund; or

(c)

it is unreasonable in the particular circumstances that the assisted person should continue to receive legal aid.