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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-procedure-regulations-2012/regulation-56",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/3098",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-procedure-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/56",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Determinations affecting several cases",
  "text": "(1) A determination (“a determination of principle”) about Special Case Work which appears likely to affect a group of cases or cases of a particular description may specify that it applies generally to the cases which appear likely to be affected.\n(2) A determination of principle must specify—\n(a) the group of cases or the particular description of cases to which it applies;\n(b) the date on which it takes effect and, if relevant, ceases to have effect;\n(c) whether the cases are being treated as a multi-party action.\n(3) An application for a determination about Special Case Work may include a request, with written reasons, for the case to be covered by a determination of general principle.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3098/regulation/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:10:36.405182+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."
}