# The Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989, Regulation 15: Registration of certain foreign orders and judgments


(1) This regulation applies to any person who
(a) appeals to a magistrates' court against the registration of or the refusal to register a maintenance order made in a Hague Convention country pursuant to the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972; or
(b) applies for the registration of a judgment under section 4 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person to whom this regulation applies–
(a) shall be eligible to receive legal aid whether or not his financial resources are such as to make him eligible to receive it under regulations made under the Legal Aid Act 1988;
(b) shall not be refused legal aid by virtue of subsections (2) and (3) of section 15 of the said Act of 1988;
(c) shall not be required to pay a contribution to the legal aid fund,
and these Regulations (with the exception of those provisions relating to assessment of disposable income and capital, eligibility on the merits and payment of contribution) shall apply accordingly.
(3) A person shall not be given legal aid under this regulation in respect of any appeal or application as is mentioned in paragraph (1) unless he benefited from complete or partial legal aid or exemption from costs or expenses in the country in which the maintenance order was made or the judgment was given.
(4) In this regulation, “Hague Convention country” has the same meaning as in the Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Hague Convention Countries) Order 1979 and “the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972” means that Act as applied with such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as are specified in the said 1979 Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-15
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