Commentary on Sections Part 19 – Legal Aid and Advice New Part 5b – Children’s Legal Assistance
301.Part 5B provides for the registration and quality assurance of solicitors providing children’s legal assistance. Schedule 5 of the Act inserts into section 41 of the 1986 Act (the 1986 Act’s interpretation section) a definition of “children’s legal assistance”. It is defined as comprising both children’s legal aid and assistance by way of representation provided in relation to a Children’s Hearing or connected court proceedings.