Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 E+W Legal aid: consequential amendments

Part 1 E+W Amendments

Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27) E+W

43 E+W The Family Law Act 1996 is amended as follows.

44 (1) Section 8 (attendance at information meetings) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (9)(h) for “services funded by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Community Legal Service” substitute “ civil legal services under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ”.

(3) In subsection (12) for “funded for him by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Community Legal Service” substitute “ provided for the person under arrangements made for the purposes of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ”.

(4) In subsection (13), after “section” insert—

““civil legal services” has the meaning given in Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012;”.

45 (1) Section 23 (provision of marriage counselling) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (3) for “funded for them by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Community Legal Service” substitute “ provided for them under arrangements made for the purposes of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ”.

(3) Omit subsection (8) (powers of Legal Services Commission).