# The Civil Legal Aid (Housing and Asylum Accommodation) Order 2023, Article 2: Amendment of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012


(1) Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (civil legal services) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 31 (immigration: accommodation for asylum-seekers etc.), in sub-paragraph (1)(a) —
(a) after “95”, insert “or 95A”;
(b) after “asylum-seekers”, insert “and failed asylum-seekers”.
(3) In paragraph 33 (loss of home) —
(a) after sub-paragraph (1) insert —
“(1A) Civil legal services provided to an individual, where the Director has determined the individual qualifies for any services described in sub-paragraph (1) (and has not withdrawn the determination), in relation to –
(a) housing matters;
(b) debt;
(c) a benefit, allowance, payment, credit or pension under—
(i) a social security enactment;
(ii) the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979;
(iii) Part 4 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008;
(d) a council tax reduction scheme.”,
(b) after sub-paragraph (7) insert —
“(7A) Sub-paragraph (1A) is subject to the exclusions in Part 2 of this Schedule, with the exception of paragraphs 14 and 15 of that Part.”;
(c) after sub-paragraph (8) insert —
“(8A) The services described in sub-paragraph (1A) do not include advocacy.”;
(d) for sub-paragraph (9), substitute —
“(9) In this paragraph —
“council tax reduction scheme” has the meaning given in paragraph 8A(4);
“home”, in relation to an individual, means the house, caravan, houseboat or other vehicle or structure that is the individual’s only or main residence, subject to sub-paragraph (10);
“housing matters” means matters which concern –
(i) the possession of, status of, terms of occupation, repair of, improvement of, quiet enjoyment of, or payment of rent or other charges for, an individual’s home;
(ii) the rights of leaseholders under the terms of their lease or under any statutory provision ;
(iii) the allocation and transfer of housing and the provision of sites for occupation,
but does not include disputes relating to any boundary of a property;
“social security enactment” has the meaning given in paragraph 8(3).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348241877/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-legal-aid-housing-and-asylum-accommodation-order-2023/article-2
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