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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-legal-aid-merits-criteria-regulations-2012/regulation-49",
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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/49",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Application of the merits criteria in cases which are exceptional cases excluded from Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act",
  "text": "(1) The Director must apply the merits criteria in paragraph (2) for the purpose of making a determination under section 10(2)(b) of the Act (exceptional cases) in relation to civil legal services in any matter which would fall within a description in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, but for an exclusion in Part 2 (excluded services) or Part 3 (advocacy: exclusions and exceptions) of that Schedule.\n(2) The criteria referred to in paragraph (1) are the merits criteria which would have applied in relation to that matter had it not been subject to that exclusion.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111530016/regulation/49",
    "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."
}