The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013

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

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

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.