PART 6SPECIFIC MERITS CRITERIA

CHAPTER 6Family

Standard criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to certain family disputes

64.—(1) For the purposes of a relevant determination the criteria in—

(a)regulation 39(a) and (c) to (e) (standard criteria for determinations for legal representation) apply; and

(b)regulations 39(b) and (f) (standard criteria for determinations for full representation) and 41 to 44 (criteria for determinations for full representation) do not apply.

(2) In this regulation, a relevant determination is a determination for full representation in relation to—

(a)a domestic violence case;

(b)a private law children case;

(c)any matter described in paragraph 15 (children who are parties to family proceedings) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act;

(d)any matter described in paragraph 17(1)(EU and international agreements concerning children) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, to the extent that regulations 11(9)(c) or 65 do not apply; or

(e)any matter described in paragraph 18(1)(EU and international agreements concerning maintenance) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, to the extent that regulation 65 does not apply.