# The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1994, Regulation 21: Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989


Regulation 99 shall be amended as follows:—
(a) in paragraph (1), for “the sum referred to in regulation 96(3)(b) or regulation 97(4)” there shall be substituted “the amount of the charge created by section 16(6) of the Act”;
(b) in paragraph (3), for “any sum referred to in regulation 96(3)(b) or 97(4)” there shall be substituted “the amount outstanding on the charge”, and for “those sums” there shall be substituted “that amount”;
(c) the following paragraphs shall be added after regulation 99(3):—
“(4) Where interest is payable by the assisted person pursuant to the provisions of regulation 96 or 97:—
(a) it shall run from the date on which the charge is first registered;
(b) it shall accrue at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum (or such other rate as may from time to time be prescribed), and
(c) the capital on which it is calculated shall be the amount outstanding on the charge from time to time.
(5) In paragraphs (3) and (4), the amount outstanding on the charge at any given time means the amount of the charge created by section 16(6) of the Act, calculated so as to take into account only those sums which up to that time have been either
(a) paid by the Board in accordance with an assessment or taxation of costs, or
(b) recouped by the Board in the circumstances described in section 16(9) of the Act or in accordance with paragraph (3) of this regulation.
(6) In regulations 96 to 99 references to the amount of any charge created by section 16(6) of the Act shall be construed as references to the amount determined in accordance with section 16(6) and (9) of the Act or to the value of the property to which it applies at the time when it was recovered or preserved whichever is the less.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1822/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1994/regulation-21
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