Part 8 E+WMiscellaneous provisions about lawyers etc

Pro bono representation E+W

[F1 194CSections 194 to 194B: the prescribed charity E+W

(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order prescribe a registered charity for the purposes of sections 194 to 194B.

(2) The charity must be one which provides financial support to persons who provide, or organise or facilitate the provision of, legal advice or assistance (by way of representation or otherwise) which is free of charge.

(3) In this section—

• “free of charge” means otherwise than for or in expectation of fee, gain or reward;

• “registered charity” means a charity registered in accordance with—

  (a)

  section 30 of the Charities Act 2011,

  (b)

  section 3 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 10), or

  (c)

  section 16 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 12 (N.I.)).

(4) An order under section 194(8) that was in force immediately before section 48 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 came into force—

(a) remains in force despite the amendment by that section of section 194(8),

(b) has effect as if its prescription of a charity for the purposes of section 194 were the prescription of that charity under this section for the purposes of sections 194 to 194B, and

(c) may be amended or revoked by an order under this section.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 194C inserted (28.6.2022) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), ss. 48(4), 51(3)