# The Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Draft 2013, ISBN 9780111539439

These Regulations amend the Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/628 – “the 2013 Regulations”), which make provision in relation to information requests under section 22 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

Made under: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Section 22)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legal-aid-information-about-financial-resources-amendment-regulations-2013/pdf/ukdsi_9780111539439_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legal-aid-information-about-financial-resources-amendment-regulations-2013/pdf/ukdsiem_9780111539439_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 41(6) and (7)(h) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales
Made ***
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(3)(f) and (8) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
In accordance with section 41(6) and (7)(h) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

## 2 Amendments to the Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) Regulations 2013

The Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) Regulations 2013 are amended as follows.

## 3 Amendments to the Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) Regulations 2013

After regulation 4 insert—
“Information request: particulars contained in the register
4A. (1) An information request made by the relevant authority to the Secretary of State under section 22(1)(a) of the Act may include a request for the disclosure of register information.
(2) In this regulation—
“register” and “registered keeper” have the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002;
“register information” means, in relation to any registration mark—
(a) whether a particular relevant individual is the registered keeper of the vehicle identified by that registration mark; and
(b) if the relevant individual is the registered keeper of that vehicle, any particulars contained in the register in relation to that registration mark;
“registration mark” has the meaning given in section 23(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.”

## 4 Amendments to the Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) Regulations 2013

In the Schedule, at the end insert—
“29 Armed forces independence payment payable under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011.”.

## Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
Date

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/628 – “the 2013 Regulations”), which make provision in relation to information requests under section 22 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Regulation 3 inserts new regulation 4A into the 2013 Regulations, which enables the relevant authority (in practice, the Director of Legal Aid Casework) to request from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency register information as to whether an individual is the registered keeper of a vehicle identified by a particular Vehicle Registration Mark (VRM), and if so, any particulars contained in the register in relation to that VRM.
Regulation 4 amends the Schedule to the 2013 Regulations to provide that armed forces independence payment is a prescribed benefit for the purposes of those Regulations.

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