Legal Aid (Extension of Proceedings) Regulations 1969
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1969/921 |
| Year | 1969 |
1969 No. 921 (L. 11)
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND
The Legal Aid (Extension of Proceedings) Regulations 196921stMay 1969
16thJune 1969
1stAugust 1969
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1 and 12 of the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949(a), hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Extension of Proceedings) Regulations 1969 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1969.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
2. Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 1 of Part II of the First Schedule to the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949, the making of a counterclaim for defamation in proceedings for which legal aid may be given shall not of itself affect any right of the defendant to the counterclaim to legal aid in the proceedings and legal aid may be granted to enable him to defend such counterclaim.
3. The proceedings hi which legal aid may be given shall include the proceedings contained in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Gardiner, C.
Dated 21st May 1969.
SCHEDULE
PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH LEGAL AID MAY BE GIVEN
1. Proceedings in a magistrates' court or a court of quarter sessions under sections 62, 63, 65, 66, 84, 85(1) and 102(1)(a) and (b) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933(c), section 40 of the Education Act 1944(d), and section 33 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963(e).
2. Proceedings in a magistrates' court under sections 2 and 4 of the Children Act 1948(f), section 43 of the National Assistance Act 1948(g), section 22 of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950(h), section 4 of the Maintenance Orders Act 1958(i), section 3 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963, and section 23 of the Ministry of Social Security Act 1966(j).
(a) 1949 c. 51.
(b) 1889 c. 63.
(c) 1933 c. 12.
(d) 1944 c. 31.
(e) 1963 c. 37.
(f) 1948 c. 43.
(g) 1948 c. 29.
(h) 1950 c. 37.
(i) 1958 c. 39.
(j) 1966 c. 20.
3. Proceedings in a magistrates' court in which a parent or guardian opposes the making of an adoption order and the court is asked to dispense with his consent under section 5 of the Adoption Act 1958(a).
(a) 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 5.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations make legal aid available for proceedings to vary a maintenance order registered in a magistrates' court, proceedings relating to a...
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