The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/772
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st April 2013.

Section 2 Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013

(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 53 (standard criteria for determinations for legal representation in relation to public law claims), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

(b) there are no alternative proceedings before a court or tribunal which are available to challenge the act, omission or other matter, except where the Director considers that such proceedings would not be effective in providing the remedy that the individual requires.