{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-regulator-tribunal-legal-assistance-scheme-regulations-2005/regulation-9",
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  "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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Interests of justice test",
  "text": "In deciding whether it is in the interests of justice for legal assistance to be granted, the Tribunal shall take all relevant factors into account, including—\n(a) whether the individual would, if any matter arising in the proceedings before the Tribunal is decided against him, be likely to lose his livelihood or suffer serious damage to his reputation;\n(b) whether the determination of any matter arising in the proceedings may involve consideration of a substantial question of law;\n(c) whether the individual may be unable to understand the proceedings or to state his own case;\n(d) whether the proceedings may involve the tracing, interviewing or expert cross-examination of witnesses on behalf of the individual; and\n(e) whether it is in the interests of another person that the individual be represented.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}