Regulation 20 Amendment of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012I1

United Kingdom

In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 M1 (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 M2;”;

(ii)

omit the definition of “the Temporary Protection Directive”.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 2012 c. 10. There have been amendments to Schedule 1 which are not relevant to these Regulations.
M2: 1971 c. 77. There have been amendments to section 33(1) which are not relevant to these Regulations.

Commencement

I1: Reg. 20 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)