# The Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013, Regulation 12: Determination by the Director of liability to make a payment out of income

Extent: E+W

(1) Except where regulation 13 applies, where the Director calculates that an individual’s disposable annual income is £3,398 or less—
(a) the individual is not liable to make a payment out of income; and
(b) the Director must notify the individual that the individual is not liable to make a payment out of income but may be liable to make a payment out of capital.
(2) Where the Director calculates that an individual’s disposable annual income exceeds £3,398, the Director must—
(a) make a determination that the individual is liable to make six payments of one twelfth of 90 per cent of the individual’s disposable annual income;
(b) issue an income contribution order recording the determination; and
(c) notify the individual that the individual may also be liable to make a payment out of capital.
(3) The Director must not make a determination under this regulation or regulation 13 until—
(a) the individual has been sent to the Crown Court, or
(b) the bill of indictment has been preferred.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/483/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-contribution-orders-regulations-2013/regulation-12
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