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The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2013

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Civil legal services: Appeals relating to council tax reduction schemes

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3.  In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act (services), after paragraph 8 (appeals relating to welfare benefits) insert—

Appeals relating to council tax reduction schemes

8A(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to an appeal on a point of law to the High Court, the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court relating to a council tax reduction scheme.

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(2) Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to the exclusions in Parts 2 and 3 of this Schedule.

Specific exclusion

(3) The services described in sub-paragraph (1) do not include advocacy in proceedings in the High Court.

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(4) In this paragraph “council tax reduction scheme” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (council tax: England and Wales) (see section 13A(9) of that Act)(1).

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1992 c. 14. Section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 was substituted by section 10(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17).

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