Part I The New Services
Chapter II Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
15 Right to conduct litigation and right of audience.
1
The Service may authorise an officer of the Service of a prescribed description—
a
to conduct litigation in relation to any proceedings in any court,
b
to exercise a right of audience in any proceedings before any court,
in the exercise of his functions.
2
An officer of the Service exercising a right to conduct litigation by virtue of subsection (1)(a) who would otherwise have such a right by virtue of section 28(2)(a) of the M1Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 is to be treated as having acquired that right solely by virtue of this section.
3
An officer of the Service exercising a right of audience by virtue of subsection (1)(b) who would otherwise have such a right by virtue of section 27(2)(a) of the M2Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 is to be treated as having acquired that right solely by virtue of this section.
4
In this section and section 16, “right to conduct litigation” and “right of audience” have the same meanings as in section 119 of the M3Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.