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  "legislation_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989",
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  "number": "8",
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  "text": "In computing the capital of the person concerned–\n(a) there shall be left out of account the value of the main or only dwelling in which he resides and the value of his household furniture and effects, of his clothes and of tools and implements of his trade;\n(b) where the person concerned resides in more than one dwelling in which he has an interest there shall be taken into account in respect of the value to him of any interest in a dwelling which is not the main dwelling any sum which may be obtained by borrowing money on the security thereof;\n(c) where the person concerned has living with him one or more of the following persons, namely, a spouse whose resources are required to be aggregated with his, a dependent child or a dependent relative wholly or substantially maintained by him, a deduction shall be made of £335 in respect of the first person, £200 in respect of the second and £100 in respect of each further person.",
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