Regulation 2 Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013

(1)

The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)

in the definition of “domestic violence case”—

(i)

in paragraph (a), omit “or”;

(ii)

after paragraph (a), insert—

“(ab)
paragraph 15A (female genital mutilation protection orders)^f2; or”; and

(b)

in the definition of “family dispute”, after paragraph (h) insert—

“(ha)
paragraph 15A (female genital mutilation protection orders);”.

(3)

In regulation 22 (immigration and terrorism prevention and investigation measures etc), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)
paragraphs 32(1) (victims of trafficking in human beings) and 32A(1) (victims of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour)^f3; and”.

(4)

In regulation 60 (criteria for determinations for full representation in relation to immigration), in paragraphs (1) and (2), for “or 32(1) (victims of trafficking in human beings)” substitute “, 32(1) (victims of trafficking in human beings) or 32A(1) (victims of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour)”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2013/104. There are amending instruments but none is relevant.
f2: Paragraph 15A is inserted into Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act by section 85(1) of, and paragraph 87 of Schedule 4 to, the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9).
f3: Paragraph 32A is inserted into Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act by section 47 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c. 30).