Paragraph 22 F1

For the purpose of this Schedule—

• “A” means the applicant for civil legal services;

• “appropriate health professional” means—

  1. (a)

     a medical practitioner licensed to practise by the General Medical Council; or

  2. (b)

     a health professional who is registered to practise in the United Kingdom by—

     1. (i)

        the Nursing and Midwifery Council;

     2. (ii)

        the General Dental Council; F2...

  3. (c)

     a paramedic, practitioner psychologist, radiographer or social worker registered to practise in the United Kingdom by the Health and Care Professions Council; F3or

  4. (d)

     F4a medical practitioner, nurse, midwife, dental practitioner, paramedic, practitioner psychologist, radiographer or social worker registered and licensed to practise in the country in which they provide a letter or report, or examine A under this Schedule;

• “B” means the individual with whom A was in a family relationship giving rise to the need for the civil legal services that are the subject of the application;

• “ F5domestic abuse offence” has the meaning given in the document published by the Lord Chancellor for that purpose under section 2 of the Act;

• “expert report” means a report by a person qualified to give expert advice on all or most of the matters that are the subject of the report;

• “housing association” has the same meaning as in subsection 1(1) of the Housing Associations Act 1985;

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• “local authority” means a county council, a district council, a London borough council or a parish council but, in relation to Wales, means a county council, county borough council or community council;

• “protective injunction” means an order made by the court—

  1. (a)

     in respect of persons who are in a family relationship with each other, containing any of the following provisions—

     1. (i)

        protecting a person from harm, intimidation, threats or harassment;

     2. (ii)

        protecting a person from being forced into a marriage or from any attempt to be forced into a marriage;

     3. (iii)

        prohibiting a person from contacting, or communicating with, another;

     4. (iv)

        concerning entry or access to, or the use or occupation of, property;

  2. (b)

     for the protection from female genital mutilation under paragraph 1 or 18 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003; or

  3. (c)

     in respect of a violent offender within the meaning of section 98 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008;

  but does not include an order made without notice to the respondent that was subsequently set aside by the court;

• “public authority” has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998;

• “refuge” means—

  1. (a)

     a refuge established for the purpose of providing accommodation for victims of, or those at risk of, domestic abuse; or

  2. (b)

     a residential home established and maintained by a public body for any other purpose that also provides accommodation to the victims of, or those at risk of, domestic abuse;

• “relevant” means that the evidence—

  1. (a)

     identifies a person with whom B is or was in a family relationship as being, or at risk of being, the victim of domestic abuse; or

  2. (b)

     is-

     1. (i)

        in a form described in paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Schedule;

     2. (ii)

        identifies B as the person arrested for, cautioned with, charged with, or convicted of the domestic abuse offence; and

     3. (iii)

        relates to a domestic abuse offence which does not identify the victim.