Regulation 6 Amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

Regulation 22(3) shall be amended by substituting, for “7(2) or 9”, “7(2), (4) or 9”.^f1

Regulation 22(5) shall be amended by substituting, for “regulation 9”, “regulation 7(4) or 9”.

Regulation 22(6) shall be amended by inserting, at the beginning, “Subject to paragraph (6A) below,”.

After regulation 22(6) there shall be inserted the following:—

“(6A)

In respect of ABWOR to which Part III of the Act applies by virtue of regulation 7(4) of the Scope Regulations, an application for approval may be refused if—

(a)

it appears unreasonable that approval should be granted in the particular circumstances of the case (because, for example, ABWOR is available in accordance with arrangements made by the Board under regulation 7(1)), or

(b)

it is not in the interests of justice that approval should be granted (because, for example, the applicable law is not unduly complex or there is no real risk of imprisonment).”.