Part 4Amendments to criminal legal aid regulations

Saving provision in relation to article 10(2)

11.  Article 10(2) does not apply to a hearing under section 26(2)(b) of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 in circumstances where, before this Order has come into force—

(a)the applicant for legal aid has been arrested for the alleged breach of a domestic abuse protection notice, and

(b)civil legal services have been made available to that person in relation to the application for a domestic abuse protection order referred to in the domestic abuse protection notice.