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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-legal-aid-merits-criteria-regulations-2012/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111530016",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-legal-aid-merits-criteria-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Family mediation",
  "text": "(1) “Family mediation” means the provision of any of the following civil legal services, in a family dispute—\n(a) an assessment by a mediator of whether, in the light of all the circumstances, a case is suitable for mediation; or\n(b) acting as a mediator.\n(2) In this regulation, “mediator” means a mediator with whom the Lord Chancellor has made an arrangement under section 2(1) of the Act (arrangements).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111530016/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:11.008459+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."
}