Citation, commencement and interpretation

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

2. In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

Connected matters

3. For the purposes of paragraph 46(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act—

(a) the prescribed civil legal services are services provided in relation to the identification of a proposed defendant or respondent; and

(b) the prescribed circumstances are circumstances in which both of the following conditions are met—

(i) the individual qualifies for civil legal services described in any of paragraphs 1 to 45 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act; and

(ii) the services prescribed in paragraph (a) are provided in connection with the provision of services referred to in sub-paragraph (b)(i).

4. The civil legal services prescribed in regulation 3(a) are not subject to the exclusions in paragraphs 11, 13 or 14 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act.