The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/753
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st April 2013.

Section 2 Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013

(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 5 (exceptions from requirement to make a determination in respect of an individual’s financial resources)—

(a) in the opening words of paragraph (1), for “may be provided” substitute “are available”;

(b) after paragraph (1)(j) insert—

(ja) family help (higher) or legal representation in relation to any matter described in—

(i) paragraph 18(3A) (applications under Article 10 of the 2007 Hague Convention ) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, where Article 17(b) of the 2007 Hague Convention applies; or

(ii) paragraph 18(3B) (proceedings to which Article 17(b) of the 2007 Hague Convention is applied) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act;

(c) in paragraph (1)(k)(ii), delete “and”; and

(d) after paragraph (1)(k) insert—

(ka) legal help, family help (lower), family help (higher) and legal representation in relation to any matter described in paragraph 18(3A) (applications under Article 10 of the 2007 Hague Convention) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act where the matter is an application made by a creditor under the 2007 Hague Convention concerning maintenance obligations arising from a parent-child relationship towards a person under the age of 21; and