Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

Inquests

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41(1)Civil legal services provided to an individual in relation to an inquest under the Coroners Act 1988 into the death of a member of the individual’s family.

Exclusions

(2)Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to—

(a)the exclusions in Part 2 of this Schedule, with the exception of paragraph 1 of that Part, and

(b)the exclusion in Part 3 of this Schedule.

Definitions

(3)For the purposes of this paragraph an individual is a member of another individual’s family if—

(a)they are relatives (whether of the full blood or half blood or by marriage or civil partnership),

(b)they are cohabitants (as defined in Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996), or

(c)one has parental responsibility for the other.