Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations extend the categories of proceedings for which civil legal aid is available so as to include certain magistrates' courts' proceedings involving issues of parentage under the Child Support Act 1991:
(1)
proceedings under section 20, as modified by section 45(1), (appeal from a child support officer);
(2)
an application for a declaration of parentage under section 27.