{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999-commencement-no-3-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2000/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/774",
  "legislation_title": "The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999-commencement-no-3-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2000",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Assessment of resources",
  "text": "(1) In this article,\n(a) “Legal Aid Assessment Regulations” means the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989; and\n(b) “CLS Financial Regulations” means the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000.\n(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):\n(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:\nTABLE\nLegal Aid Assessment Regulations\nCLS Financial Regulations\n4(2)\n5(6)\n4(2)(a)\n5(6)(i)\n4(3)\n5(6)\n4(3)(a)\n5(6)(i)\n4(4)(a)\n38(2)(a)\n4(4)(b)\n38(2)(b)\n(b) regulation 20 of the CLS Financial Regulations shall apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/338, as amended by S.I. 1993/788 and 1999/813."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/516."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/774/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:29.433720+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}