The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/1414
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

(2) These Regulations come into force for the purposes of regulation 2(2) on 17th July 2015 and for all other purposes on 31st July 2015.

Section 2 Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013

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

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “domestic violence case”—

(i) in paragraph (a), omit “or”;

(ii) after paragraph (a), insert—

(ab) paragraph 15A (female genital mutilation protection orders) ; or

(b) in the definition of “family dispute”, after paragraph (h) insert—

(ha) paragraph 15A (female genital mutilation protection orders);

(3) In regulation 22 (immigration and terrorism prevention and investigation measures etc ), for paragraph (b) substitute—

(b) paragraphs 32(1) (victims of trafficking in human beings) and 32A(1) (victims of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour) ; and

(4) In regulation 60 (criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to immigration), in paragraphs (1) and (2), for “or 32(1) (victims of trafficking in human beings)” substitute “, 32(1) (victims of trafficking in human beings) or 32A(1) (victims of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour)”.