{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-contribution-orders-regulations-2013/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-contribution-orders-regulations-2013/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/483",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-contribution-orders-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Individuals not liable to make a payment",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where—\n(a) an individual is under the age of 18 on the date on which the application for a determination under section 16 of the Act is made; or\n(b) the Director is satisfied that an individual is, directly or indirectly, properly in receipt of a qualifying benefit.\n(2) The Director must as soon as possible notify an individual to whom this regulation applies that the individual is not liable to make a payment.\n(3) In this regulation, “qualifying benefit” means—\n(a) income support paid under section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or section 123 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n(b) income-based jobseeker’s allowance paid under the Jobseekers Act 1995 or Part 2 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;\n(c) guarantee credit paid under section 1(3)(a) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 or section 1(3)(a) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;\n(d) income-related employment and support allowance paid under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 or section 1(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007; or\n(e) universal credit paid under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 or Part 2 of the 2015 (Northern Ireland) Order.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 9(3)(e) inserted (28.7.2016) by The Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Eligibility and Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/708), regs. 1, 8(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 9 in force at 1.4.2013, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 124 is to be repealed by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) at a date to be appointed."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1995 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2002 c. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "2002 c. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "2007 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "2007 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "2012 c. 5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/483/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:20.206968+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}