Regulation 10: Exceptions from requirement to make a determination in respect of a legal person's financial resources

The Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Legal Persons) Regulations 2013 · S.I. 2013/512View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Civil legal aid for legal persons — CHAPTER 1: Financial eligibility limits and waivers

The following forms of civil legal services are available without a determination in respect of a legal person's financial resources—

legal representation in relation to a matter which, if the legal person were an individual, would be a matter described in paragraph 17(1)(a) and (b) (EU and international agreements concerning children) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, to the extent that the matter relates to an applicant under the 1980 European Convention on Child Custody or 1980 Hague Convention ;
legal representation in a case in which the applicant is a legal person who, in the State of origin, has benefited from complete or partial legal aid, or exemption from costs or expenses, in relation to a matter which, if the legal person were an individual, would be a matter described in—
paragraph 17(1)(c) (EU and international agreements concerning children) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act; or
paragraph 18(1)(a), (c), (d) and (e) (EU and international agreements concerning maintenance) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act;
family help (higher) or legal representation in relation to a matter which, if the legal person were an individual, would be a matter described in paragraph 18(3) (parties who benefited from free legal aid etc. in the Member State of origin) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act; and
family help (higher) or legal representation in relation to a matter which, if the legal person were an individual, would be a matter described in paragraph 18(3A) (applications under Article 10 of the 2007 Hague Convention) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, where—
the matter relates to any application under Article 10(1)(a) or (b) of the 2007 Hague Convention; and
Article 17(b) of that Convention applies;
legal help, family help (lower), family help (higher) and legal representation in relation to a matter which, if the legal person were an individual, would be a matter described in paragraph 18(2) (EU and international agreements concerning maintenance) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, to the extent that the matter—
relates to any application under Article 56(1) of the EU Maintenance Regulation ; and
is an application made by a creditor concerning maintenance obligations arising from a parent-child relationship towards a person under the age of 21; and
legal help, family help (lower), family help (higher) and legal representation in relation to a matter which, if the legal person were an individual, would be a matter described in paragraph 18(3A) (applications under Article 10 of the 2007 Hague Convention) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, where the matter—
relates to any application under Article 10(1)(a) or (b) of the 2007 Hague Convention; and
is an application made by a creditor under the 2007 Hague Convention concerning maintenance obligations arising from a parent-child relationship towards a person under the age of 21.

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