# The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/814 · made 12 March 1999

These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989, to increase the weekly income limits for legal advice and assistance (other than assistance by way of representation (“ABWOR”)) from £80 to £83; for non-contributory ABWOR from £72 to £75; and for contributory ABWOR from £172 to £178.

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

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## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 12th March 1999
Laid before Parliament 16th March 1999
Coming into force 12th April 1999
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, makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and transitional provisions

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context requires otherwise, a reference to a regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989.
(3) These Regulations shall apply to applications for advice and assistance made on or after 12th April 1999 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force.

## 2 Amendment to Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

(1) Regulation 11 shall be amended by substituting:
(a) “£83” for “£80” in paragraph (1); and
(b) “£178” for “£172” in paragraph (2).
(2) Regulation 12 shall be amended by substituting:
(a) “£75” for “£72” in each of the places where that amount is stated in paragraphs (1), (2) and (5);
(b) “£178” for “£172” in paragraph (1).

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
G.W. Hoon
Minister of State,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 7th March 1999
We consent
Jane Kennedy
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 12th March 1999

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989, to increase the weekly income limits for legal advice and assistance (other than assistance by way of representation (“ABWOR”)) from £80 to £83; for non-contributory ABWOR from £72 to £75; and for contributory ABWOR from £172 to £178.

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