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These regulations replace the Legal Aid (Matrimonial Proceedings) Regulations 1977 (S.I. 1977/447). Regulation 2 adds a new paragraph to Part II of Schedule 2 to the Legal Aid Act 1988, excluding (with certain exceptions) from the scope of Part IV of the Act, representation in proceedings for divorce or judicial separation.