Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 451
Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales
The Civil Legal Aid (Connected Matters) Regulations 2013
Made
27th February 2013
Laid before Parliament
5th March 2013
Coming into force
1st April 2013
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.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
McNally
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
27th February 2013
Section 42(1) provides that in Part 1 of the Act “regulations” means regulations made by the Lord Chancellor.