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The Criminal Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

S.I. 2024/58 · Made 16 January 2024

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Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales

Made 16th January 2024

Laid before Parliament 18th January 2024

Coming into force 10th February 2024

The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(h), 41(1)(a) and (b) and 41(2)(a) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2012 c. 10; section 42(1) provides that in Part 1 of that Act “regulations” means regulations made by the Lord Chancellor and “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations (except in Schedule 6).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment to the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on 10th February 2024.

(3)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

2Amendment to the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013

(1)

The Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 9 (criminal proceedings)—

(a)

at the end of sub-paragraph (uf)f2 omit “and”;

(b)

after sub-paragraph (uf) insert—

“(ug)

proceedings under sections 21, 28 or 29 of the Public Order Act 2023f3 in relation to a serious disruption prevention order; and”.

Signature

Mike Freer

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

16th January 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/9) in order to specify proceedings relating to a Serious Disruption Prevention Order under sections 21, 28 or 29 of the Public Order Act 2023 (c. 15) as criminal proceedings for the purposes of section 14(h) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.