ANNEX C: Detailed explanatory note for Part 1 of Schedule 1 Paragraph 13: Protection of children and family matters
859.Paragraph 13 refers to civil legal services where a person is seeking in a private law family case to protect a child from abuse by applying for any of the list of orders and procedures set out in sub-paragraph (1). So, for example, civil legal aid may be made available to a person who is seeking an order under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 to prevent a person who has abused a child from having contact with that child.
860.Sub-paragraph (2) applies the exclusions in Parts 2 and 3 of the Schedule to the services in scope under this paragraph. Sub-paragraph (3) defines “abuse”, “adult” and “child”.
861.It is intended that the regulations made under section 11 will be used to ensure that funding for services described in this paragraph is limited to cases where there is appropriately clear evidence of the need for protection in a similar way to those services described in paragraph 12.