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The Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

S.I. 1994/806 · Made 17 March 1994

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 17th March 1994

Laid before Parliament 21st March 1994

Coming into force 11th April 1994

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), 16, 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988f1, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 34; sections 15, 16, 34 and 43 were amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 17 paragraph 19, and Schedule 18 paragraphs 60, 61 and 63. Section 43 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “regulations”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Transitional provisions
  4. 4Amendments of the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 11th April 1994.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations a regulation referred to by number alone means a regulation so numbered in the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989f1.

3Transitional provisions

These Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 11th April 1994 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force.

4Amendments of the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989

(1)

In regulation 4(2) for “£6,800” there shall be substituted “£7,060”.

(2)

In regulation 4(3) for “£7,500” there shall be substituted “£7,780”.

(3)

In regulation 4(4)(a) for “£2294” there shall be substituted “£2,382”.

Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 14th March 1994

We consent,

Andrew Mackay

Irvine Patnick

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 17th March 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989 by:—

(1)

increasing the income limit for non-contributory civil legal aid from £2,294 to £2,382;

(2)

increasing the income limit for eligibility for civil legal aid in all cases other than personal injuries from £6,800 to £7,060;

(3)

increasing the income limit for eligibility in cases of personal injuries from £7,500 to £7,780.