{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-amendment-regulations-1992/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-amendment-regulations-1992/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/591",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-amendment-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989",
  "text": "After regulation 30 there shall be inserted the following new regulation—\n“Payment on account\n30A (1) A solicitor acting for a client who is in receipt of ABWOR may apply to the Area Director for the payment of a sum on account of disbursements incurred or about to be incurred in connection with the proceedings to which the approval of ABWOR relates.\n(2) Where a payment is made under this regulation, then notwithstanding that there is no deficiency, the solicitor shall, at the conclusion of the case, submit to the Area Director a statement of his costs, the amount of any contribution payable and the value of any charge arising under section 11 of the Act.\n(3) In the event of any payment under this regulation proving to be greater than the assessed deficiency (if any) found to be due, the solicitor shall, on demand, repay the excess to the fund and, where the assessed deficiency exceeds any payment made under this regulation, the balance shall be paid from the fund.\n(4) In this regulation “deficiency” and “assessed deficiency” shall have the meanings assigned by regulation 29.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/591/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:26:28.059862+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}