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

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

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.

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

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1999/pdf/uksi_19992565_en.pdf

## Introductory text

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 1988, makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation 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.

## 2 Interpretation

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

## 3 Amendments to Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989

Regulation 94 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 1989.”.

## 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.

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