# The Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013, Regulation 42: Determination by the Director of liability to make a payment

Extent: E+W

(1) Where the Director calculates that an individual’s—
(a) gross annual income, adjusted under regulation 10(1)(b) where relevant, is £12,475 or less; or
(b) disposable annual income is £3,398 or less,
the individual is not liable to make a payment and the Director must notify the individual that the individual is not liable to make a payment.
(2) Where—
(a) the Director calculates that an individual’s disposable annual income exceeds £3,398; and
(b) the appeal is made against—
(i) conviction, or conviction and sentence, and that appeal is abandoned or dismissed;
(ii) sentence or an order, and that appeal is abandoned or dismissed; or
(iii) conviction and sentence, and the appeal against conviction is abandoned or dismissed but the appeal against sentence is allowed,
the Director must make a determination in accordance with paragraph (3).
(3) The Director must—
(a) make a determination that the individual is liable to make a payment of—
(i) £500, where paragraph (2)(b)(i) applies; or
(ii) £250, where paragraph (2)(b)(ii) or (iii) applies; and
(b) issue a contribution order recording the determination.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/483/regulation/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-contribution-orders-regulations-2013/regulation-42
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