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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-legal-aid-merits-criteria-regulations-2012/regulation-54",
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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/54",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Standard criteria for determinations for investigative representation in relation to public law claims",
  "text": "For the purposes of a determination for investigative representation in relation to a public law claim, the Director must be satisfied that—\n(a) the criteria in regulation 53 (standard criteria for determinations for legal representation in relation to public law claims) are met; and\n(b) the individual has—\n(i) notified the proposed defendant of the individual’s potential challenge and given a reasonable time for the proposed defendant to respond; or\n(ii) shown that doing so would be impracticable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111530016/regulation/54",
    "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."
}