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

S.I. 2002/711 · made 10 March 2002

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.

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

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## Introductory text

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 1988, makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation 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.

## 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 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.”.

## 4 Amendments 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.

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