# The Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources)(Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989 so that:—
(a) the income and capital of a person in receipt of income-based jobseeker’s allowance are to be taken not to exceed the contribution limit for the time being;
(b) any back to work bonus treated as payable by way of a jobseeker’s allowance, and all earning top-up , is excluded from the computations of income and capital;
(c) the assessment officer is to notify the Area Director of any amended assessment under regulation 14, so that he may discharge or amend the legal aid certificate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2309/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-assessment-of-resourcesamendment-no-3-regulations-1996/note
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