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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-81",
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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/81",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Opportunity to show cause against revocation or discharge",
  "text": "(1) Except where a certificate is discharged or revoked under regulation 75 or discharged under regulation 76 or 80(a), (b), (c)(i), (iii) or (iv), no certificate shall be revoked or discharged until–\n(a) notice has been served on the assisted person that the Area Director may revoke or discharge his certificate (as the case may be) and that he may show cause why it should not be revoked or discharged; and\n(b) the assisted person has been given an opportunity to show cause why his certificate should not be revoked or discharged.\n(2) Where an Area Director revokes or discharges a certificate after notice has been given under paragraph (1), the assisted person may appeal to the appropriate area committee against such revocation or discharge and the provisions of regulations 36 to 39 shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to the conduct of such appeals.\n(3) Any decision with regard to an appeal under paragraph (2) shall be final, and the area committee shall give notice of its decision and the reasons for it to the appellant and to any solicitor acting for him on a form approved by the Board.",
  "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": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/711",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/81",
    "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."
}