# The Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/642 · made 7 March 1996

These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989 by increasing the income limit for non-contributory civil legal aid from £2,425 to £2,498. The upper income limit is increased from £7,187 to £7,403; for personal injury cases the upper income limit is increased from £7,920 to £8,158 (regulation 2).

Made under: Legal Aid Act 1988 (Section 15, Section 16, Section 34, Section 43)

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 7th March 1996
Laid before Parliament 11th March 1996
Coming into force 8th April 1996
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), 16, 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

## 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and transitional provisions

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 8th April 1996.
(2) These Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 8th April 1996 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force.

## 2 Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989

Regulation 4 of the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989 shall be amended by substituting in
(a) paragraph (2) for “£7,187”, “£7,403”,
(b) paragraph (3) for “£7,920”, “£8,158”, and
(c) paragraph (4) for “£2,425”, “£2,498”.

## Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 5th March 1996
We consent,
Simon Burns
Derek Conway
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 7th March 1996

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989 by increasing the income limit for non-contributory civil legal aid from £2,425 to £2,498. The upper income limit is increased from £7,187 to £7,403; for personal injury cases the upper income limit is increased from £7,920 to £8,158 (regulation 2).

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