# The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1995

S.I. 1995/795 · made 16 March 1995

These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989. They increase the income limits for legal advice and assistance as follows:—

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

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 16th March 1995
Laid before Parliament 17th March 1995
Coming into force 10th April 1995
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, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation provisions

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 10th April 1995.
(2) In these Regulations a regulation referred to by number alone means a regulation so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989.

## 2 Transitional provisions

These Regulations shall apply to applications for advice and assistance made on or after 10th April 1995 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force.

## 3 Amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

Regulation 11 shall be amended by substituting “£72” for “£70” in paragraph (1), and by substituting “£156” for “£153” in paragraph (2).

## 4 Amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

Regulation 12 shall be amended by substituting “£64” for “£63” in each of the places where that amount is stated in paragraphs (1), (2) and (5), and by substituting “£156” for “£153” in paragraph (1).

## Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 14th March 1995
We consent,
Andrew Mitchell
Derek Conway
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 16th March 1995

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989. They increase the income limits for legal advice and assistance as follows:—
for legal advice and assistance (other than assistance by way of representation “ABWOR”) from £70 to £72;
for non–contributory ABWOR from £63 to £64;
for contributory ABWOR from £153 to £156.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/795 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-amendment-regulations-1995
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.