# The Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000, Regulation 5: Financial eligibility


(1) This regulation has effect subject to regulations 3 and 4.
(2) A client is eligible for Legal Help, Help at Court, and Legal Representation before the Immigration Appeal Tribunal and an adjudicator if his weekly disposable income does not exceed £84, and his disposable capital does not exceed £1,000.
(3) A client is eligible for Family Mediation if his weekly disposable income does not exceed £180 and his disposable capital does not exceed £3,000.
(4) A client who is eligible for Family Mediation under paragraph (3) shall also be eligible for Help with Mediation in relation to family mediation.
(5) A client is eligible for Legal Representation in respect of family proceedings before a magistrates' court, other than proceedings under the Children Act 1989 or Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996, if his weekly disposable income does not exceed £180, and his disposable capital does not exceed £3,000.
(6) A client is eligible for Legal Representation (other than as provided for in paragraphs (2) and (5)), General Family Help and Support Funding if his disposable income does not exceed £8,067 per year, but a person may be refused such services where:
(i) his disposable capital exceeds £6,750; and
(ii) it appears to the assessing authority that the probable cost of the funded services to which the application relates would not exceed the contribution payable by him under regulation 38.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/516/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-legal-service-financial-regulations-2000/regulation-5
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