SCHEDULEConsequential amendments to secondary legislation
PART 2
Amendment of the Family Procedure Rules 2010I122
In the Family Procedure Rules 201074—
a
in paragraph (1)(a)(vi) of rule 12.73 (communication of information: general) for “the Legal Services Commission” substitute “the Director of Legal Aid Casework (within the meaning of section 4 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012)”;
b
in paragraph (c)(vi) of rule 14.14(c) (communication of information relating to proceedings) for “the Legal Services Commission” substitute “the Director of Legal Aid Casework (within the meaning of section 4 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012)”; and
c
in rule 26.2 (change of solicitor – duty to give notice)—
i
in paragraph (6), for “LSC funded client or an assisted person” substitute “legally aided person”;
ii
in paragraph (6); for “is revoked or discharged” substitute “is revoked or withdrawn”;
iii
in paragraph (6)(a), for “regulation 4 of the Community Legal Service (Costs) Regulations 2000” substitute “regulation 24 or 41 of the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012”;
iv
in the definition of “certificate” in paragraph (7) for “under the Funding Code (approved under section 9 of the Access to Justice Act 1999)” substitute “under the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012”; and
v
omit the definition of “assisted person” and “LSC funded client” in paragraph (7) and insert—
“legally aided person” means a person to whom civil legal services (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012) have been made available under arrangements made for the purposes of that Part of that Act).