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The Community Legal Service (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/950 · Made 9 March 2001

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LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 9th March 2001

Laid before Parliament 14th March 2001

Coming into force 9th April 2001

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 7 and 10 of the Access to Justice Act 1999f1, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 22.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Transitional provisions
  4. 4Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000
  5. 5Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Community Legal Service (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 9th April 2001.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations, a regulation referred to by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000f1.

3Transitional provisions

These Regulations shall apply to applications for funded services, and further assessments under regulation 15, made on or after 9th April 2001 and applications and further assessments made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not been made.

4Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000

(1)

In regulation 5(2), “£87” shall be substituted for “£84”.

(2)

In regulation 5(3), “£186” shall be substituted for “£180”.

(3)

In regulation 5(5), “£186” shall be substituted for “£180”.

(4)

In regulation 5(6), “£8,196” shall be substituted for “£8,067”.

5Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000

(1)

In regulation 38(1), “£79” shall be substituted for “£76”.

(2)

In regulation 38(2)(a), “£2,767” shall be substituted for “£2,723”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

David Lock

Parliamentary Secretary,

Lord Chancellor’s Department

Dated 9th March 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Legal Services Commission (Financial) Regulations 2000 so as to increase the income limits for the purposes of determining eligibility for services provided by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Community Legal Service. This is in line with the relevant uprating of social security benefits.