Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1 Pt. 1 modified (24.3.2022) by The Early Legal Advice Pilot Scheme Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/397), arts. 1(1), 3(1), Sch. para. 1(2) (with arts. 3(2), 4)
19(1)Civil legal services provided in relation to judicial review of an enactment, decision, act or omission.E+W
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to—
(a)the exclusions in Part 2 of this Schedule, with the exception of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, [F115, 16 and 18] of that Part, and
(b)the exclusion in Part 3 of this Schedule.
(3)The services described in sub-paragraph (1) do not include services provided to an individual in relation to judicial review that does not have the potential to produce a benefit for the individual, a member of the individual's family or the environment.
(4)Sub-paragraph (3) does not exclude services provided in relation to a judicial review where the judicial review ceases to have the potential to produce such a benefit after civil legal services have been provided in relation to the judicial review under arrangements made for the purposes of this Part of this Act.
(5)The services described in sub-paragraph (1) do not include services provided in relation to judicial review in respect of an issue relating to immigration where—
(a)the same issue, or substantially the same issue, was the subject of a previous judicial review or an appeal to a court or tribunal,
(b)on the determination of the previous judicial review or appeal (or, if there was more than one, the latest one), the court, tribunal or other person hearing the case found against the applicant or appellant on that issue, and
(c)the services in relation to the new judicial review are provided before the end of the period of 1 year beginning with the day of that determination.
(6)The services described in sub-paragraph (1) do not include services provided in relation to judicial review of removal directions in respect of an individual where the directions were given not more than 1 year after the latest of the following—
(a)the making of the decision (or, if there was more than one, the latest decision) to remove the individual from the United Kingdom by way of removal directions;
(b)the refusal of leave to appeal against that decision;
(c)the determination or withdrawal of an appeal against that decision.
(7)Sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) do not exclude services provided to an individual in relation to—
(a)judicial review of a negative decision in relation to an asylum application (within the meaning of the EU Procedures Directive) where there is no right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against the decision;
(b)judicial review of certification under section 94 or 96 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (certificate preventing or restricting appeal of immigration decision).
(8)Sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) do not exclude services provided in relation to judicial review of removal directions in respect of an individual where prescribed conditions relating to either or both of the following are met—
(a)the period between the individual being given notice of the removal directions and the proposed time for his or her removal;
(b)the reasons for proposing that period.
(9)For the purposes of this paragraph an individual is a member of another individual's family if—
(a)they are relatives (whether of the full blood or half blood or by marriage or civil partnership),
(b)they are cohabitants (as defined in Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996), or
(c)one has parental responsibility for the other.
(10)In this paragraph—
“EU Procedures Directive” means Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status;
“an issue relating to immigration” includes an issue relating to rights described in paragraph 30 of this Part of this Schedule;
“judicial review” means—
the procedure on an application for judicial review (see section 31 of the Senior Courts Act 1981), but not including the procedure after the application is treated under rules of court as if it were not such an application, and
any procedure in which a court, tribunal or other person mentioned in Part 3 of this Schedule is required by an enactment to make a decision applying the principles that are applied by the court on an application for judicial review;
“removal directions” means directions under—
paragraphs 8 to 10A of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (removal of persons refused leave to enter and illegal entrants);
paragraphs 12 to 14 of Schedule 2 to that Act (removal of seamen and aircrew);
paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to that Act (removal of persons liable to deportation);
section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (removal of certain persons unlawfully in the United Kingdom);
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 19(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/748), arts. 1, 6
F2Words in Sch.1 Pt. 1 para. 19(10) omitted (22.10.2014) by virtue of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), Sch. 9 para. 6; S.I. 2014/2771, art. 2(e)