# The Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) Regulations 2009, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement, interpretation and relevant authority


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 2nd March 2009.
(2) 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;
“the 2005 Act” means the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005;
“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.
(3) 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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111473153/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-defence-service-information-requests-regulations-2009/regulation-1
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