# The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 27th January 2014.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012; and
“the Merits Criteria Regulations” means the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/131/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-merits-criteria-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-1
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