In this Part—
“application” means an application for a determination in respect of civil legal services made in accordance with regulations made under section 12 of the Act ;
“certificate” means a certificate issued under regulations made under section 12 of the Act;
“CPR” means the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 and a reference to a Part or a rule, prefixed by “CPR”, means the Part or rule so numbered in the CPR;
“disposable income” and “disposable capital” mean, respectively, the income and capital of the legal person calculated in accordance with regulations 19 to 28;
“multi-party action” means proceedings in which a number of persons have a cause of action which involves common or related issues of fact or law; and
“revocation” means the withdrawal of a determination in circumstances in which the Director has exercised the power to revoke the determination under regulations made under section 12 of the Act (and “revoked” has the equivalent meaning).
For the purposes of this Part, a case is of significant wider public interest if the Director is satisfied that the case is an appropriate case to realise—
A reference in this Part to a form of civil legal services means—
which are further defined in Part 2 of the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013 .