The Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013

6.—(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In the table of contents, in the entry for regulation 12, after “domestic violence” insert “, female genital mutilation protection orders”.

(3) In regulations 6(1)(a) (individuals in receipt of certain support) and 8(3) (financial eligibility limit – disposable income and disposable capital) for “and 32(1) (victims of trafficking in human beings)” substitute “, 32(1) (victims of trafficking in human beings) and 32A(1) (victims of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour)”.

(4) In regulation 12 (waiver of eligibility limit in proceedings relating to domestic violence and forced marriage)—

(a) in the heading, after “domestic violence” insert “, female genital mutilation protection orders”; and

(b) in paragraph (1), after “domestic violence)” insert “, 15A (female genital mutilation protection orders)”.

(5) In regulation 16(7) (resources to be treated as the individual’s resources), in sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “family proceedings”, after subparagraph (viii) insert—

“(viiia) paragraph 15A (female genital mutilation protection orders);”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/480. There are amending instruments but none is relevant.