{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-regulator-tribunal-legal-assistance-scheme-regulations-2005/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-regulator-tribunal-legal-assistance-scheme-regulations-2005/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/781",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Regulator Tribunal (Legal Assistance Scheme) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-regulator-tribunal-legal-assistance-scheme-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Eligibility",
  "text": "The Tribunal shall grant legal assistance to an individual if it is satisfied that—\n(a) it is in the interests of justice to do so; and\n(b) his financial resources are such that he requires assistance in meeting the legal costs he would, but for these Regulations, be likely to incur in relation to the proceedings before the Tribunal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/781/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:02:28.375334+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."
}