Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

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[F1Appeals relating to council tax reduction schemes

8A(1)Civil legal services provided in relation to an appeal on a point of law to the High Court, the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court relating to a council tax reduction scheme.E+W

General exclusions

(2)Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to the exclusions in Parts 2 and 3 of this Schedule.

Specific exclusion

(3)The services described in sub-paragraph (1) do not include advocacy in proceedings in the High Court.

Definitions

(4)In this paragraph “council tax reduction scheme” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (council tax: England and Wales) (see section 13A(9) of that Act).]