Part 3Amendments to civil legal aid regulations

Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013

6.  In each of the following provisions of the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013(1), for “domestic violence”, substitute “domestic abuse” in each place it occurs—

(a)in regulation 2—

(i)the definition of “domestic violence case”;

(ii)paragraphs (d) and (e) of the definition of “family dispute”;

(iii)paragraph (b) of the definition of “private law children case”;

(b)the heading of regulation 25;

(c)regulation 25;

(d)the heading of regulation 27;

(e)regulation 27;

(f)regulation 64(2)(a);

(g)the heading of regulation 67;

(h)regulation 67;

(i)regulation 69(4)(a) and (b).