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Explanatory note

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(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).