Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 20127.

(1)

The Civil Legal Aid Procedure Regulations 20127 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 in the definition of “family dispute” after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(ab)

paragraph 1A (special guardianship);”.

(3)

In Schedule 1 (supporting documents: domestic violence)—

(a)

after paragraph 6 insert—

“6A.

A domestic abuse protection notice given under section 22 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 against B.”

(b)

in paragraph 11(a), after “in person” insert “, by telephone or by video conferencing”.

(c)

in paragraph 22, omit the definition of “Immigration Rules”.