Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

22: Schedule 1, page 125, line 5, at end insert— ““Social entitlement (1) Civil legal services and advocacy in appeals from the Social Entitlement Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal to the Upper Tribunal, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court where the relevant court or tribunal certifies that— (a) the appeal raises a complex issue of law or of fact (in which case the certificate must identify the issue), (b) the matter is one of significant wider public interest (in which case the certificate must identify that interest), or (c) there is some other compelling reason why the proper conduct of the appeal requires the provision of civil legal services (in which case the certificate must set out the reason). (2) Rules of procedure applicable to the relevant court or tribunal may make provision about certificates under this paragraph.””