# The Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/813 · made 12 March 1999

These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989 so as to increase the income limit for non-contributory civil legal aid from £2,625 to £2,680; and increase the upper income limit for eligibility from £8,571 to £8,751 for personal injury claims, and from £7,777 to £7,940 for other claims.

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

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-assessment-of-resources-amendment-regulations-1999/pdf/uksi_19990813_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 12th March 1999
Laid before Parliament 16th March 1999
Coming into force 12th April 1999
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, makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and transitional provisions

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999.
(2) These Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 12th April 1999 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 “£7,777”, “£7,940”;
(b) paragraph (3) for “£8,571”, “£8,751”;
(c) paragraph (4) for “£2,625”, “£2,680”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
G.W. Hoon
Minister of State,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 7th March 1999
We consent
Jane Kennedy
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 12th March 1999

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989 so as to increase the income limit for non-contributory civil legal aid from £2,625 to £2,680; and increase the upper income limit for eligibility from £8,571 to £8,751 for personal injury claims, and from £7,777 to £7,940 for other claims.

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