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Point in time view as at 01/04/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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Legal Aid Act 1988, Section 28 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 26 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F128 Care proceedings: availability.E+W

(1)Representation for the purposes of care proceedings to which this section applies shall be available to any person, other than a local authority, who is a party to the proceedings.

(2)Subject to subsection (4) below, representation may be granted where it appears to the competent authority to be desirable to do so in the interests of justice.

(3)Subject to subsection (4) below, representation must be granted where a child—

(a)is brought before a juvenile court under section 21A of the 1980 Act, and

(b)is not legally represented before the court but wishes to be.

(4)Representation shall not be granted to any person unless it appears to the competent authority that his financial resources are such as, under regulations, make him eligible for representation.

(5)Where a doubt arises whether representation should be granted to any person, the doubt shall be resolved in that person’s favour.

(6)Representation granted by a competent authority may be amended or withdrawn, whether by that or another authority competent to grant representation.

(7)Regulations may provide for an appeal to lie to a specified court or body against any refusal by a juvenile court to grant representation for the purposes of care proceedings and for that other court or body to make any grant of representation that could have been made by the juvenile court.]

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