Schedule 4, paragraph 2(6)

A magistrates' court, in deciding whether to make an exclusion for the purpose of enabling a person to meet legal expenses in respect of proceedings under this Schedule— must have regard to the desirability of the person being represented in any proceedings under this Schedule in which the person is a participant, and must disregard the possibility that legal representation of the person in any such proceedings might, were an exclusion not made— be made available under arrangements made for the purposes of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, or be funded by the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission.

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