# The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1990, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 by—
(1) increasing the disposable capital limit for eligibility for advice and assistance from £890 to £935 (regulation 3(1);
(2) amending regulation 22(5) of the 1989 Regulations so that it no longer applies to ABWOR in respect of proceedings covered by regulation 9 of the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/550) (Mental Health Review Tribunal and board of prison visitors proceedings) (regulation 3(2));
(3) amending paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 of the 1989 Regulations to allow account to be taken of resources of which the applicant has deprived himself for whatever reason (regulation 3(3));
(4) amending the scale of contributions payable for legal advice and assistance (regulation 3(4)).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/486/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-amendment-regulations-1990/note
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