Regulation 2 Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013

The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 53 (standard criteria for determinations for legal representation in relation to public law claims), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

there are no alternative proceedings before a court or tribunal which are available to challenge the act, omission or other matter, except where the Director considers that such proceedings would not be effective in providing the remedy that the individual requires.”