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The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/2565 · Made 14 September 1999

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 14th September 1999

Laid before Parliament 14th September 1999

Coming into force 5th October 1999

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 16(6), 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988f1, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 34; sections 16, 34 and 43 were amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraphs 60 and 63; and by the Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27), section 26 and Schedule 8, paragraph 44. Section 43 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to “regulations”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendments to Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 5th October 1999.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations a reference to a regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989f1.

3Amendments to Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989

Regulation 94f1 shall stand as paragraph (1) of regulation 94, and after it there shall be inserted:

“(2)

The charge created by section 16(6) of the Act shall not apply in relation to any increase in the net liability of the fund arising out of the cost of giving advice or assistance under Part III of the Act which is mediation-related advice or assistance, as defined in regulation 32(2) of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989f2.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Keith Vaz

Parliamentary Secretary,

Lord Chancellor’s Department

Dated 14th September 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 to exempt the costs of giving advice and assistance related to mediation in family matters from the statutory charge in favour of the Legal Aid Board, under section 16(6) of the Legal Aid Act 1988.