Section 9: General cases

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 · 2012 c. 10View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Legal aid

Civil legal services are to be available to an individual under this Part if—

they are civil legal services described in Part 1 of Schedule 1, and
the Director has determined that the individual qualifies for the services in accordance with this Part (and has not withdrawn the determination).

The Lord Chancellor may by order—

add services to Part 1 of Schedule 1, or
vary or omit services described in that Part,

(whether by modifying that Part or Part 2, 3 or 4 of the Schedule).

About this text

This legislation text comes from legislation.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These source and reuse terms cover the legislation text, not Remedy's commentary.

Reuse reviewed 21 August 2026 under Open Government Licence v3.0.