Civil legal aid will now cover Respect Orders, youth injunctions and housing injunctions, and criminal legal aid will be available for breaches, the Legal Aid Agency said in guidance published on 27 October 2026. The three measures have replaced anti-social behaviour injunctions under Part 1 of the Antisocial Behaviour Crime and Policy Act 2014. Respect Orders strengthen the existing injunction regime and add powers, including making breach a criminal offence, while youth and housing injunctions continue to address anti-social behaviour involving children and housing-related cases.

Providers should keep using the existing Part 1 injunction codes. For legal help, the agency cites matter type 1 code XASB with fee code MISCASBI for miscellaneous work under the civil contract, and stage code ASAS with fee code ASAS for associated civil work under the crime contract. For legal representation it lists proceeding codes NU027/NU028 for civil providers and CR034/CR035 for crime providers doing associated civil work. The intended legal help fee is £157, with representation rates at Table 10(a) of Schedule 1 to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013.

The agency says those rates apply automatically to housing and youth injunctions, but legislation to apply them to Respect Orders is not yet in force. Subject to parliamentary approval, it is intended to take effect on 17 December 2026, with claims or bills for Respect Orders submitted after that date. Breach claims may be submitted from 26 October 2026, using standard fee codes for Respect Orders rather than PROV codes.