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(1)The M1Legal Aid Act 1988 is amended as mentioned in subsections (2) to (4).
(2)In section 15 (availability of, and payment for, representation under provisions relating to civil legal aid), for the words “and (3)” in subsection (1) there shall be substituted “to (3B)"; and the following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (3)—
“(3A)Representation under this Part shall not be available—
(a)to any local authority; or
(b)to any other body which falls within a prescribed description,
for the purposes of any proceedings under the Children Act 1989.
(3B)Regardless of subsection (2) or (3), representation under this Part must be granted where a child who is brought before a court under section 25 of the 1989 Act (use of accommodation for restricting liberty) is not, but wishes to be, legally represented before the court.”
(3)In section 19(5) (scope of provisions about criminal legal aid), at the end of the definition of “criminal proceedings" there shall be added “and also includes proceedings under section 15 of the M2Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (variation and discharge of supervision orders) and section 16(8) of that Act (appeals in such proceedings)".
(4)Sections 27, 28 and 30(1) and (2) (provisions about legal aid in care, and other, proceedings in relation to children) shall cease to have effect.
(5)The Lord Chancellor may by order make such further amendments in the Legal Aid Act 1988 as he considers necessary or expedient in consequence of any provision made by or under this Act.
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I1S. 99 wholly in force at 14.10.1991 see s. 108(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
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