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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, so that: —

(a)

a person in receipt of income-based jobseeker’s allowance need not provide details of his financial resources when applying for advice and assistance, and that his financial resources are to be taken not to exceed the eligibility limit for the time being;

(b)

any back to work bonus treated as payable by way of a jobseeker’s allowance is excluded from the computation of capital or income;

(c)

earnings top-up is excluded from the computation of income.