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Article 7 Assessment of resources

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

In this article,

(a)

“Legal Aid Assessment Regulations” means the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989f1; and

(b)

“CLS Financial Regulations” means the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000f2.

(2)

With effect from 1st April 2000, on any assessment, further or amended assessment of resources under the Legal Aid Assessment Regulations in respect of the services mentioned in article 5(1)(b) or (c):

(a)

the assisted person’s financial eligibility and contribution shall be calculated by reference to the higher of the relevant figures in the Legal Aid Assessment Regulations and the equivalent figures for the time being in the CLS Financial Regulations, as set out in the following table:

TABLE

Legal Aid Assessment RegulationsCLS Financial Regulations
4(2)5(6)
4(2)(a)5(6)(i)
4(3)5(6)
4(3)(a)5(6)(i)
4(4)(a)38(2)(a)
4(4)(b)38(2)(b)
(b)

regulation 20 of the CLS Financial Regulations shall apply.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1989/338, as amended by S.I. 1993/788 and 1999/813.

f2

S.I. 2000/516.