PART 2

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Pre-commencement applications for civil legal services6

1

An application is a new application for civil legal services referred to in regulation 4(b) if either paragraph (2) or (3) applies.

2

This paragraph applies where an individual makes an application for civil legal services on or after 22nd April 2014 and the following conditions are met—

a

civil legal services have been provided to that individual as a result of a pre-commencement application for civil legal services under regulation 4(a) (“the original application”);

b

the further application for civil legal services relates to the same case for which civil legal services were provided as a result of the original application; and

c

the further application for civil legal services is—

i

for a different form of civil legal services to that provided as a result of the original application; and

ii

the different form of civil legal services falls within the same variety of work as the form of service for which civil legal services were provided as a result of the original application.

3

This paragraph applies where an individual makes an application for civil legal services on or after 22nd April 2014 and the following conditions are met—

a

civil legal services that are Licensed Work have been provided to that individual as a result of a pre-commencement application for civil legal services under regulation 4(a) (“the original application”);

b

the further application for civil legal services relates to the case for which civil legal services were provided as a result of the original application; and

c

as a result of the further application for civil legal services, the Director has decided in accordance with regulation 37(3)(b) of the Procedure Regulations that the certificate should cover more than one set of proceedings.

4

In this regulation “variety of work” means Licensed Work.