# The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1992 S.I. 1992/719 · made 12 March 1992 These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 by:assimilating the positions of those persons in receipt of disability working allowance with those on family credit (regulation 3); andincreasing the disposable capital limit for eligibility for advice and assistance from £935 to £1,000, increasing the upper and lower disposable income limits and amending the scale of contributions payable (regulation 4). Made under: Legal Aid Act 1988 (Section 9, Section 34, Section 43) ## Introductory text LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Made 12th March 1992 Laid before Parliament 12th March 1992 Coming into force 6th April 1992 The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 9, 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations: ## 1 Citation, commencement and application (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 6th April 1992. ## 2 Interpretation In these Regulations a regulation or Schedule referred to by number means a regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989. ## 3 Amendment of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 (1) In regulation 3 after the definition of “Costs Regulations” there shall be inserted the following new definition— ““disability working allowance” means a disability working allowance under section 20(6A) of the Social Security Act 1986;”. (2) In regulations 9(4)(b) and (c) and 10(2)(b) and (c) and 13(2) for the words “or family credit” there shall be substituted the words “, family credit or disability working allowance”. ## 4 Amendment of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 (1) In paragraph (1) of regulation 11 for the figures “£935” there shall be substituted the figure “£1,000”. (2) For the table in Schedule 3 there shall be substituted the following new table— “ Disposable income Maximum contribution Exceeding £75 but not exceeding £80 a week… £5 Exceeding £80 but not exceeding £86 a week… £12 Exceeding £86 but not exceeding £92 a week… £19 Exceeding £92 but not exceeding £98 a week… £25 Exceeding £98 but not exceeding £104 a week… £32 Exceeding £104 but not exceeding £110 a week… £38 Exceeding £110 but not exceeding £116 a week… £45 Exceeding £116 but not exceeding £122 a week… £51 Exceeding £122 but not exceeding £128 a week… £58 Exceeding £128 but not exceeding £134 a week… £64 Exceeding £134 but not exceeding £140 a week… £70 Exceeding £140 but not exceeding £145 a week… £75 ” ## Signature Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 11th March 1992 We consent, Thomas Sackville Irvine Patnick Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 12th March 1992 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 by: (1) assimilating the positions of those persons in receipt of disability working allowance with those on family credit (regulation 3); and (2) increasing the disposable capital limit for eligibility for advice and assistance from £935 to £1,000, increasing the upper and lower disposable income limits and amending the scale of contributions payable (regulation 4). --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/719 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-amendment-no-2-regulations-1992 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.