The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016

Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013

144.  In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013(1), the definition of “special Children Act 1989 case” is amended as follows—

(a) for “any matter described in paragraph 1(1)(a), (b) or (c) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act” substitute “any matter described in paragraph 1(1)(a), (b), (c) or (k) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act”;

(b) after “relates to any of the following provisions of Children Act 1989” insert “or, where specified, the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”;

(c) after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) section 119 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (use of accommodation for restricting liberty), to the extent that the individual to whom civil legal services may be provided is the child who is or would be the subject of the order;”;

(d) in the full-out words at the end of the definition, after “those provisions of the Children Act 1989” insert “or, as the case may be, the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/104, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.