Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 22nd December 2025.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012

2. Regulation 14 (Duty Scheme) of the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012(2) is amended as follows—

(a)for the heading substitute “Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (a)—

(i)for “Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme,” substitute “Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service”, and

(ii)for “2013” substitute “2024”;

(c)in sub-paragraph (b), for “2013” substitute “2024”.

Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

3.—(1) Schedule 1 to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013(3) is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 1 (Civil Standard Fees)—

(a)for paragraph (2) substitute—

“2. The fees in Table 1 for Housing do not apply to the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service. The fees for that service are contained in Table 6(a) in this Part.”;

(b)in paragraph 3, in Table 1, in the fourth row (Debt)—

(i)in the second column (Standard Fee), for £180 substitute £256, and

(ii)in the third column (Escape Fee Threshold), for £540 substitute £768;

(c)in paragraph 3, in Table 1, in the sixth row (Housing)—

(i)in the second column (Standard Fee), for £157 substitute £223, and

(ii)in the third column (Escape Fee Threshold), for £471 substitute £669;

(d)for Table 4(a) substitute—

(e)for Table 4(aa) substitute—

(f)in Table 4(b) (Additional Payment – UKVI Interview), for “£266” substitute “£360”;

(g)in Table 4(ba) (Additional Payment – National Referral Mechanism), for “£150” substitute “£203”;

(h)for Table 4(c) substitute—

(i)omit Table 4(ca);

(j)for Table 4(d) substitute—

(k)omit Table 6;

(l)for Table 6(a) substitute—

(3) In Part 2 (Hourly Rates - Controlled Work)—

(a)for the heading in Table 7(a) substitute “Mental Health, Claims Against Public Authorities, Public Law, Education and Community Care”;

(b)after Table 7(a) insert—

(c)for the heading in Table 7(b), substitute “Family and Miscellaneous (employment)”;

(d)for the heading of Table 7(c), substitute “Family help (lower) and related legal help in relation to section 31 of the Children Act 1989”;

(e)omit Table 7(d);

(f)for Table 8(a) substitute—

(g)for Table 8(c) substitute—

Saving provision in relation to regulation 3

4.—(1) The amendments made by regulation 3 do not affect the payment of remuneration by the Lord Chancellor to providers of civil legal services in relation to a case where the application for civil legal services was made before 22nd December 2025.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation an application is made on the date on which it is signed.