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The Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989

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Resources of an applicant who is a child

8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a legal aid application is made by or on behalf of a child who is under the upper limit of compulsory school age, the resources of any person–

(a)who is responsible in law for maintaining the child; and

(b)with whom the child is living or would normally live,

shall be assessed and taken into account in addition to the child’s resources.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the person responsible for maintaining the child has a contrary interest in the dispute in respect of which the legal aid application is made, or in other exceptional circumstances.

(3) Where a legal aid application is made by or on behalf of a child, the resources of the child shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, include any sum payable to any person for the maintenance of that child.

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