Regulation 3 Amendment of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989
In regulation 14—
(a)
in paragraph (1) after “(2)” there shall be inserted “or (2A)”;
(b)
after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—
“(2A)A solicitor may accept an application for advice and assistance from a child in relation to proceedings in which that child is entitled to begin, prosecute or defend without a next friend or guardian ad litem.”.