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The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2006

S.I. 2006/2366 · Made 28 August 2006

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Legal Services Commission, England and Wales

Made 28th August 2006

Laid before Parliament 1st September 2006

Coming into force 2nd October 2006

This Order is made in exercise of the power conferredf1 by section 6(4) of the Access to Justice Act 1999f2. The Lord Chancellor has consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society in accordance with section 25(2) of that Act and he has had regard to the matters specified in section 25(3) of that Act. The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

The powers were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 S.I.2003/1887 and were transferred back the Lord Chancellor by the Transfer of Functions (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State) Order 2005 S.I.2005/3429.

f2

1999 c.22.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 2000
  3. 3Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 2000
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2006 and comes into force on 2nd October 2006.

(2)

In this Order a reference to an article by number alone is a reference to the article so numbered in the Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 2000f1.

2Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 2000

In article 2(1), in the definition of “assessing authority”, delete “Regional”.

3Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 2000

In article 5(1) —

(a)

in sub-paragraph (c) omit “pilot”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (e) omit “or”;

(c)

after sub paragraph (f) insert—

“; or

(g)

as part of the Community Legal Advice Centres and Community Legal Advice Networks.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Cathy Ashton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

28th August 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 2000 (“the 2000 Order”).

The 2000 Order imposes conditions on the funding of services as part of the Community Legal Service, including by limiting the powers of the Legal Services Commission to pay remuneration under contract for the provision of funded services.

This Order adds an exception to the limitation, by including contracts for Community Legal Advice Centres and Community Legal Advice Networks, which provide advice and representation to the most deprived communities in debt, employment, community care, family, housing and welfare benefit matters.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been made for this instrument as it has no significant impact on the costs of businesses, charities or voluntary bodies.