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The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

S.I. 2002/711 · Made 10 March 2002

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 10th March 2002

Laid before Parliament 18th March 2002

Coming into force 8th April 2002

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

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 34; see the definition of “regulations” in section 43. This Act is repealed by Part I of Schedule 15 to the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), subject to immaterial exceptions, and to transitional provisions and savings contained in S.I. 2000/774 and 916.

Contents

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

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 8th April 2002.

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 the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989

The following shall be inserted after regulation 51(f):

“or

(g)

it has become desirable to amend, impose or remove a limitation or condition on the certificate.”.

4Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989

The following shall be inserted after regulation 81(3):

“(4)

Where notice is served under paragraph (1)(a), no further work may be done or steps taken under the certificate unless authorised by the Area Director.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Patricia Scotland

Parliamentary Secretary,

Lord Chancellor’s Department

Dated 10th March 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 in order to provide for the imposition of an embargo against any further work being carried out under a legal aid certificate once notice has been served that it may be discharged or revoked. They also clarify the position regarding amendments of certificates. They apply to transitional cases to which the principal Regulations continue to apply by virtue of the provisions in the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2000.