Paragraph 2

Notwithstanding their repeal by the Legal Aid Act 1988, the provisions of the Legal Aid Act 1974^f1 with respect to civil legal aid and assistance by way of representation shall continue to have effect in relation to any of the following proceedings in respect of which a certificate was issued, or the giving of assistance by way of representation was approved, before 1st April 1989:–

(a)

Proceedings under section 3 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963^f2;

(b)

Proceedings under sections 3, 5 and 67(2) of the Child Care Act 1980^f3;

(c)

Proceedings under Part 1A of the Child Care Act 1980^f4.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1974 c. 4.
f2: 1963 c. 37; section 3 was amended by the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Schedule 5, paragraph 47.
f3: 1980 c. 5; section 3 was amended by the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20), section 148, Schedule 4, paragraph 50(a) and by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 2, paragraph 46; section 5 was amended by the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (c. 60), section 25(5).
f4: 1980 c. 5; Part IA was inserted by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 1.