Explanatory note

that advice and assistance in relation to the recognition or enforcement of a judgment under section 5 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 shall be made available free without regard to the income or capital of the applicant where the applicant benefited from complete or partial legal aid or exemption from costs or expenses in the State of origin or, in the case of Denmark or Iceland, fulfilled the economic requirements to qualify for such grant or exemption (regulation 4);

that any application for such advice and assistance may be signed on behalf of the applicant by the solicitor to whom the application is made (regulation 5).

for the table of fees allowable to solicitors for assistance by way of representation to be amended to take account of amendment made to the conditions applicable to the provision of assistance by way of representation in summary criminal proceedings made by the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1011), (regulation 6).