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The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

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Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013

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2.—(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 5(1) (exceptions from requirement to make a determination in respect of an individual’s financial resources)—

(a)after sub-paragraph (g) insert—

(ga)such family mediation as is a Mediation Information and Assessment meeting for an individual (“A”) in relation to any matter described in paragraph 14(1) (mediation in family disputes) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act if—

(i)A is a party to the Mediation Information and Assessment meeting; and

(ii)the Director has made a determination that the financial resources of another individual who is a party to that meeting (“B”) are such that B is eligible, for that meeting, for such family mediation as is a Mediation Information and Assessment meeting;; and

(b)after sub-paragraph (h) insert—

(ha)family mediation in relation to any matter described in paragraph 17(1)(b) (EU and international agreements concerning children) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act to the extent that the matter relates to an applicant under the 1980 Hague Convention;.

(3) In regulation 5(2) (interpretation) before the definition of “relevant tribunal” insert—

“Mediation Information and Assessment meeting” means an assessment by a mediator of whether, in light of all the circumstances, a case is suitable for mediation;

“mediator” means a mediator with whom the Lord Chancellor has made an arrangement under section 2(1) of the Act (arrangements);.

(1)

S.I. 2013/480, as amended by S.I. 2013/753 and to which there have been other amendments that are not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations.

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