(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) Act means the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987);
3[(b) District ADR Centre means the District Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre established under the 13th Finance Commission and includes any other similar facilities like Nyaya Seva Sadans at the district level where facilities for Counselling, Mediation, Lok Adalat and Legal Services are provided under a single roof]
4[(c) legal services clinic means the facility established by the District Legal Services Authority to provide basic legal services to the people with the assistance of para-legal volunteers or lawyers, as the point of first contact for help and advice and includes legal services clinics set up under Regulation 3 and Regulation 24;]
(d) legal services institution means a State Legal Services Authority, District Legal Services Authority or the Taluk Legal Services Committee, as the case may be;
(e) panel lawyer means the panel lawyer selected under Regulation 8 of the National Legal Services Authority (Free and Competent Legal Services) Regulations, 2010;
(f) paralegal volunteer means a paralegal volunteer trained as such by a legal services institution;
(g) retainer lawyer means a retainer lawyer selected under Regulation 8 of the National Legal Services Authority (Free and Competent Legal Services) Regulations, 2010;
(h) section means the section of the Act;
(2) All other words and expressions used in these regulations but not defined shall have the same meanings as assigned to them in the Act.