The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013 No. 480

PART 2 Determinations in respect of an individual’s financial resources

CHAPTER 1 Financial eligibility limits and waivers

Waiver of eligibility limit in proceedings relating to domestic violence and forced marriage

12.—(1) This regulation applies to an application in respect of legal representation in a matter described in paragraph 11 (family homes and domestic violence) or 16 (forced marriage) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the extent that the individual is seeking—

(a) an injunction or other order for protection from harm to the person; or

(b) committal for breach of any such order.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the Director may, if the Director considers it equitable to do so, disapply the eligibility limits in regulations 7 and 8.