{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-general-regulations-2013/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-general-regulations-2013/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/9",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-general-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Delegation",
  "text": "A function of the Lord Chancellor or Director under these Regulations may be exercised by, or by an employee of, a person authorised for that purpose by the Lord Chancellor or Director respectively.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2013, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 42(1) of the Act provides that in Part 1 of the Act (legal aid) “the Director” means the Director of Legal Aid Casework."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 6 of the Act (authorisations) makes provision for authorisations given for the purposes of section 5 of the Act (delegation) or regulations under that section."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/9/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:31:19.195866+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."
}