{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-legal-service-financial-amendment-regulations-2004/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2899",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Legal Service (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-legal-service-financial-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000",
  "text": "After regulation 5C insert—\n“Waiver of eligibility limit and contributions in cross-border disputes\n5D. (1) This regulation applies to an application to the Commission by a client domiciled or habitually resident in another Member State for the funding of services in relation to a cross-border dispute.\n(2) Where this regulation applies, the Commission must–\n(a) disapply the relevant eligibility limits in regulations 5 and 5A if the client proves that he is unable to pay the cost of proceedings in England and Wales in relation to the dispute as a result of differences in the cost of living between the client’s Member State of domicile or habitual residence and England and Wales; and\n(b) waive part or all of any contributions payable under regulation 38, if and to such extent as the client proves that he is unable to pay them as a result of such differences in the cost of living.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“cross-border dispute” means a dispute where a client is domiciled or habitually resident in a Member State other than the Member State where the court is sitting or where the decision is to be enforced;\n“Member State” means a member state of the European Union except Denmark.\n(4) For the purposes of this regulation the Member State in which a client is domiciled shall be determined in accordance with Article 59 of Council Regulation (EC) No.44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2899/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:15:53.380598+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."
}