# The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998

S.I. 1998/2727 · made 4 November 1998

These Regulations make amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 as a consequence of the extension, by the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1998, of the scope of assistance by way of representation (ABWOR) to include various proceedings, including appeals, involving anti-social behaviour orders, sex offender orders, child safety orders and parenting orders under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

Made under: Legal Aid Act 1988 (Section 9, Section 34, Section 43)

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 4th November 1998
Laid before Parliament 6th November 1998
Coming into force 1st December 1998
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, makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st December 1998.

## 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations a reference to a regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered, and “Arrangement of Regulations” means the Arrangement of Regulations in the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989.

## 3 Amendments to Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

In regulation 7(1) for “7(2) and (4)” there shall be substituted “7(2), (4), (5) and (6)”.

## 4 Amendments to Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

In regulation 22(3) for “7(2), (4) or 9” there shall be substituted “7(2), (4), (5), (6), 8A or 9”.

## 5 Amendments to Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

In regulation 22(5) for “7(4) or 9” there shall be substituted “7(4), (5), (6), 8A or 9”.

## 6 Amendments to Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

In regulation 22(6A):
(a) for “7(4)” there shall be substituted “7(4), (5) or (6)”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (b), after “is not unduly complex or” there shall be inserted “, where Part III of the Act applies by virtue of regulation 7(4) of the Scope Regulations,”.

## Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 28th October 1998
We consent
Jim Dowd
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 4th November 1998

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 as a consequence of the extension, by the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1998, of the scope of assistance by way of representation (ABWOR) to include various proceedings, including appeals, involving anti-social behaviour orders, sex offender orders, child safety orders and parenting orders under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

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