Regulation 20 Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989

the following shall be substituted for paragraph (1):—

“(1)

This regulation applies where the Board has agreed under regulation 96 or 97 to defer enforcing a charge created by section 16(6) of the Act and a charge over any property (whether created by the said section 16(6) or in pursuance of regulation 96 or 97 or this regulation) has been registered in favour of the Board in accordance with regulation 95.”;

in paragraph (2)(c), for “the sum referred to in regulation 96(3)(b) or regulation 97(4), as the case may be” there shall be substituted “the amount of the charge created by section 16(6) of the Act”;

in paragraph (3), for “paragraphs (2) and (4)” there shall be substituted “paragraph (2)”;

in paragraph (3)(a), for “95(3)” there shall be substituted “95”;

the following shall be substituted for paragraph (3)(b):—

“(b)

simple interest shall accrue or continue to accrue for the benefit of the Board from the same date, on the same amounts and at the same rate as would apply if the assisted person were to retain the property over which the charge exists and the charge were not to be released.”;

paragraph (4) shall be omitted.