Article 3 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Access to Justice Act 1999;

• “Commission” means the Legal Services Commission established under section 1 of the Act;

• “family proceedings” means proceedings, other than proceedings for judicial review, which arise out of family relationships, and includes proceedings in which the welfare of children is determined, and includes all proceedings under one or more of the following—

  1. (a)

     the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973^f1;

  2. (b)

     the Adoption Act 1976^f2;

  3. (c)

     the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978^f3;

  4. (d)

     Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984^f4;

  5. (e)

     Parts I to V of the Children Act 1989^f5;

  6. (f)

     Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996^f6;

  7. (g)

     the Adoption and Children Act 2002^f7;

  8. (h)

     the Civil Partnership Act 2004^f8; and

  9. (i)

     the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court in relation to children,

  but excludes proceedings under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975^f9 and the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996^f10;

• “funded services” means services which are provided directly to a client and funded for that client by the Commission as part of the Community Legal Service under sections 4 to 11 of the Act;

• “Funding Code” means the code approved under section 9 of the Act;

• “group litigation” means litigation of a number of claims which give rise to common or related issues of fact or law;

• “supplier” means a party to the Unified Contract other than the Commission;

• “Unified Contract” means the contract between the Commission and a supplier for the provision of funded services which consists of the contract document, the schedule, the contract standard terms and the specification^f11.

References to the levels of service “General Family Help”, “Family Help (Lower)”, “Legal Help”, “Help at Court” and “Legal Representation” shall be construed as references to the receipt or provision of those levels of service granted in accordance with the Funding Code.