Regulation 20 Amendment of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012^f1 (services), in paragraph 30 (immigration: rights to enter and remain)—

(a)

for sub-paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1)
Civil legal services provided in relation to rights to enter, and to remain in, the United Kingdom which—

(a)
arise from—

(i)
the Refugee Convention; or

(ii)
Article 2 or 3 of the Human Rights Convention; or

(b)
are conferred by—

(i)
immigration rules, insofar as they implemented the Qualification Directive; or

(ii)
any other provision of retained EU law which implemented the Qualification Directive.”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (4)—

(i)

after the definition of “the Human Rights Convention”, insert—

““immigration rules” has the meaning given by section 33(1) of the Immigration Act 1971^f2;”;

(ii)

omit the definition of “the Temporary Protection Directive”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2012 c. 10. There have been amendments to Schedule 1 which are not relevant to these Regulations.
f2: 1971 c. 77. There have been amendments to section 33(1) which are not relevant to these Regulations.