{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-legal-service-funding-amendment-order-2011/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1027",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-legal-service-funding-amendment-order-2011",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the 2007 Order",
  "text": "In article 3(1)—\n(a) after the definition of “the 2007 Act” insert—\n““2010 Standard Civil Contract” means the contract so named between the Commission and a provider for the provision of funded services, including the contract for signature, the standard terms, the schedules and the specifications;\n“advocacy services” means work done—\n(a) by an advocate at a court hearing;\n(b) by an advocate, as such, in connection with an advocates’ meeting;\n(c) by counsel in connection with a conference, and\n(d) by counsel in connection with an opinion;\nand fees and rates for advocacy services include (unless different provision is made in this Order) remuneration for preparatory work, attendances, travelling and waiting in relation to those services;\n“advocate” means a person exercising a right of audience as a representative of, or on behalf of, a party;\n“advocates’ meeting” means an advocates’ meeting directed by the court pursuant to the Public Law Outline;\n“certificate” means a certificate issued under Part 2 of the Funding Code;\n“child abduction proceedings” means proceedings within section 11.13 of Part 1 of the Funding Code”;\n(b) after the definition of “Commission” insert—\n““counsel” means—\n(a) a barrister in independent practice; and\n(b) a solicitor or Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives who does not work in a partnership and who does not hold a Unified Contract;”;\n(c) in the definition of “family proceedings” omit everything after sub-paragraph (i);\n(d) after the definition of “family proceedings” insert—\n““final appeal” means any appeal against a final order in family proceedings but does not include—\n(a) an application to the court of first instance for permission to appeal; and\n(b) advice on the merits of appealing against a final order;”;\n(e) after the definition of “Mental Health Proceedings” insert—\n““provider” means a party to the 2010 Standard Civil Contract other than the Commission;\n“Public Law Outline” means the outline set out in the table following paragraph 10 of the Practice Direction ‘Public Law Proceedings: Guide to Case Management, April 2010’, made by the President of the Family Division;”;\n(f) in the definition of “Unified Contract” before “between” insert “so named”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Published by the Commission on 26th March 2010 and available on its website at www.legalservices.gov.uk."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1027/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:45:30.663501+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}