Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 698
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES
FAMILY LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Conduct of Litigation and Exercise of Rights of Audience) Regulations 2001
Made
5th March 2001
Laid before Parliament
7th March 2001
Coming into force
1st April 2001
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 15(1) and 25 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Conduct of Litigation and Exercise of Rights of Audience) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
2. An officer of the Service who is—
(a) a barrister or a solicitor of the Supreme Court, or
(b) employed (whether wholly or in part), or is otherwise engaged, to conduct litigation and is doing so in conjunction with an officer of the Service described in sub-paragraph (a),
may be authorised by the Service in accordance with section 15(1) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 5th March 2001
2000 c. 43 . Section 25 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”.