Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and relevant authority

These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 2nd March 2009.

In these Regulations—

• “the 1999 Act” means the Access to Justice Act 1999;

• “the 2003 Act” means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003^f1;

• “the 2005 Act” means the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005^f2;

• “application” means an application for the grant of a right to representation under section 14 of the 1999 Act;

• “partner” means a person with whom the individual lives as a couple (including a person with whom the individual is not currently living but from whom the individual is not living separate and apart);

• “prescribed benefit” means a benefit listed in the table in regulation 2 of the Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) (Prescribed Benefits) Regulations 2009^f3.

The Legal Services Commission or a court officer or other person to whom the Commission, in accordance with section 3(4) of the 1999 Act, has delegated its functions under paragraph 2A of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Act is the relevant authority for the purposes of paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Act and is referred to in these Regulations as “the relevant authority”.