# The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013, Regulation 5: Pre-commencement applications for civil legal services


(1) For the purpose of regulation 4(a), an application is made before 27th January 2014 if the application is—
(a) for Controlled Work and the application is signed and dated before 27th January 2014;
(b) for Licensed Work or an exceptional case determination under section 10 of the Act, other than an application for emergency representation, and the application is—
(i) signed and dated before 27th January 2014 and received by the Director by 5.00pm on 3rd February 2014; or
(ii) submitted through the Client and Cost Management System before 27th January 2014; or
(c) for emergency representation and the application—
(i) results in a determination being made by a provider before 27th January 2014 and that determination is notified within five working days of the determination to the Director;
(ii) is emailed or faxed to, and received by, the Director before 27th January 2014; or
(iii) is submitted through the Client and Cost Management System before 27th January 2014.
(2) In this regulation—
(a) “Client and Cost Management System” means the client and cost management system used by the Director in relation to applications for civil legal services;
(b) “emergency representation” means—
(i) legal representation (within the meaning of regulation 18 of the Merits Criteria Regulations) that is not Controlled Work; or
(ii) family help (higher) (within the meaning of regulation 15(3) of the Merits Criteria Regulations),
which is provided following a determination made on an urgent application;
(c) “provider” means a person who provides civil legal services under Part 1 of the Act (legal aid); and
(d) “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111106310/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-legal-aid-merits-criteria-amendment-no-2-regulations-2013/regulation-5
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