Transitional Provisions
5.—(1) Regulation 2(4) does not apply to an application for Controlled Work in relation to an immigration matter which is described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, if the application was made before 1st September 2018.
(2) Regulation 2(4) does not apply where an individual makes an application for civil legal services in relation to an immigration matter which is described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act on or after 1st September 2018 and the following conditions are met—
(a)civil legal services have been provided to that individual as a result of an application falling within paragraph (1); and
(b)the further application for civil legal services relates to the same case for which civil legal services were provided as a result of the application which falls within paragraph (1).
(3) In this regulation—
(a)“Controlled Work” has the meaning given in regulation 21(2) of the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012(1); and
(b)“the Act” means the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation an application is made on the date it is signed and dated.