4.—(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013(1) are modified as follows.
(2) Regulation 5 (exceptions from requirement to make a determination in respect of an individual’s financial resources) has effect as if—
(a)the “and” after paragraph (1)(ka) were omitted,
(b)after paragraph (1)(l) there were inserted—
“; and
(la)civil legal services provided in relation to any matter described in paragraph 47 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act (early legal advice in relation to housing, debt and welfare benefits).”.
S.I. 2013/480. Regulation 5 is amended by S.I. 2013/753, 2014/812 and 2701, 2016/211, and 2019/519. There are other amendments to this instrument but none is relevant.