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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-regulations-1989/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/340",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Attendance on behalf of a client",
  "text": "(1) Where a client cannot for good reason attend on the solicitor in order to apply for advice and assistance in accordance with paragraph (3) of regulation 9, he may authorise another person to attend on his behalf.\n(2) Where a person authorised in accordance with paragraph (1) attends on a solicitor, he shall furnish the solicitor with the information necessary to enable the solicitor to determine–\n(a) the client’s disposable capital,\n(b) where appropriate, whether the client is in receipt of income support or family credit, and\n(c) where the client is not in receipt of income support or family credit, the client’s disposable income.\n(3) Where the application is for advice or assistance relating to the making of a will, the person authorised in accordance with paragraph (1) shall provide the solicitor with the information necessary to enable the solicitor to determine whether the advice or assistance would fall within regulation 4(2) of the Scope Regulations.\n(4) The information required by this regulation shall be furnished on a form approved by the Board.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2308",
      "affecting_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/719",
      "affecting_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/2575",
      "affecting_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/340/regulation/10",
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  },
  "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."
}