# The Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000, Regulation 47: Waiver of charge in case of wider public interest


(1) For the purposes of this regulation, “wider public interest” means the potential of proceedings to produce real benefits for individuals other than the client (other than any general benefits which normally flow from proceedings of the type in question).
(2) Paragraph (3) applies where:
(a) the Commission funds Legal Representation or Support Funding in proceedings which it considers have a significant wider public interest; and
(b) the Commission considers it cost-effective to fund those services for a specified claimant or claimants, but not for other claimants or potential claimants who might benefit from the litigation.
(3) Where this paragraph applies, the Commission may, if it considers it equitable to do so, waive some or all of the amount of the statutory charge.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/516/regulation/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-legal-service-financial-regulations-2000/regulation-47
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