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The Community Legal Service (Scope) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/822 · Made 20 March 2000

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LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 20th March 2000

Coming into force 1st April 2000

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 6(7) of the Access to Justice Act 1999f1, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, makes the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 22.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Community Legal Service: excluded services
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Community Legal Service (Scope) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Access to Justice Act 1999.

3Community Legal Service: excluded services

The following amendments shall be made to Schedule 2 to the Act:

(a)

The following shall be inserted at the end of paragraph 2(1):

“(h)

the Immigration Appeal Tribunal or before an adjudicator,”;

(b)

In paragraph 2(2):

(i)

in sub-paragraph (b), the words “4 or” shall be deleted; and

(ii)

sub-paragraph (c) shall be deleted; and

(c)

In paragraph 2(3)(j), the words “section 8 or 11” shall be substituted for “section 1, 2, 8 or 11”.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

20th March 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Schedule 2 to the Access to Justice Act 1999 in order to provide that:

(i)

the provision of advocacy in respect of certain immigration proceedings may be funded as part of the Community Legal Service; and

(ii)

advocacy in respect of proceedings under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 which are to be funded as part of the Criminal Defence Service is excluded from such funding.