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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-legal-aid-merits-criteria-regulations-2012/regulation-50",
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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/50",
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  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Application of the merits criteria in cases which are exceptional cases other than by virtue of the exclusions in Part 2 or 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act",
  "text": "(1) To the extent that regulation 49 does not apply, 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 any matter in which civil legal services are not otherwise available because they are not described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act.\n(2) The criteria referred to in paragraph (1) are the merits criteria which appear to the Director to be most appropriate in all the circumstances of the case.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111530016/regulation/50",
    "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."
}