SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Legal aid: consequential amendments

Part 1Amendments

Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27)

44(1)Section 8 (attendance at information meetings) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (9)(h) for “services funded by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Community Legal Service” substitute “civil legal services under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012”.

(3)In subsection (12) for “funded for him by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Community Legal Service” substitute “provided for the person under arrangements made for the purposes of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012”.

(4)In subsection (13), after “section” insert—

  • “civil legal services” has the meaning given in Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012;.