Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000, which govern the financial aspects of the provision of services funded by the Legal Services Commission in civil and family matters. Regulations 5C and 38 of the 2000 Regulations include provision for the Lord Chancellor to waive the requirements for an applicant for funded services to be financially eligible and to make a contribution towards the cost of those services, where the services relate to an inquest into the death of a member of the applicant’s immediate family. These Regulations extend that power of waiver to all applications for funding in relation to inquests.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on business or the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.