Wherever you live, trailers with brakes on one axle are almost certain as common as men with two nipples, so I can't ever imagine a situation where whether they are legal or not would matter. But for safety it's probably better to have two. The way trailer brakes are (shitty), having two doubles your chance of having one working when you need it. More @Wikipedia
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