Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations provide for amendments to be made to the Community Legal Service (Costs) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/441).
Regulation 3 changes the definition of a statement of resources to allow a declaration to be made as to whether or not a party has deliberately foregone or deprived himself of resources or expectations.
Regulation 4 provides for protection of a litigation friend of an individual who receives funded services and who is either a child or a patient.
Regulation 5 provides that when making a request for a hearing to determine the costs payable to him under a costs order, the receiving party only has to make a statement of resources when he has to show financial hardship for the purposes of regulation 5(3)(c) of the Community Legal Service (Costs Protection) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/824) (order for costs against the Legal Services Commission in a court of first instance).