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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-legal-aid-merits-criteria-regulations-2012/regulation-46",
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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/46",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Criteria for determinations for family help (higher) or legal representation provided as emergency representation",
  "text": "An individual may qualify, in relation to an application for emergency representation for family help (higher) or legal representation, only if the Director is satisfied that—\n(a) the merits criteria which apply to that application are met; and\n(b) it is in the interests of justice to provide emergency representation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111530016/regulation/46",
    "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."
}