# The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/191 · made 26 January 2001

These regulations are consequential on the Legal Advice and Assitance (Scope) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/ ), which make assistance by way of representation (ABWOR) available to a person in respect of whom an application is made for a warrant of further detention, or an extension of such a warrant, under Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000. They amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/340) so that, in relation to such cases:the normal provisions relating to applications for advice and assitance do not apply;ABWOR is available without regard to the applicant’s financial resources; andABWOR does not require the approval of the Legal Services Commission.

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

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-amendment-regulations-2001/pdf/uksi_20010191_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 26th January 2001
Laid before Parliament 29th January 2001
Coming into Force 19th February 2001
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon 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 and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 19th February 2001.
(2) In these Regulations a reference to a regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989.

## 2 Amendments to Legal Advice and Assitance Regulations 1989

In regulations 5 and 9(2)(b), after “regulation 7(1)(c)” there shall be inserted “or 9(e)”.

## 3 Amendments to Legal Advice and Assitance Regulations 1989

In regulation 22(2), for “7(1)(c), or 8” there shall be substituted “7(1)(c), 8 or 9(e)”.

## Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C
Dated 26th January 2001
We consent
David Jamieson
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 26th January 2001

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These regulations are consequential on the Legal Advice and Assitance (Scope) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/ ), which make assistance by way of representation (ABWOR) available to a person in respect of whom an application is made for a warrant of further detention, or an extension of such a warrant, under Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000. They amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/340) so that, in relation to such cases:
(a) the normal provisions relating to applications for advice and assitance do not apply;
(b) ABWOR is available without regard to the applicant’s financial resources; and
(c) ABWOR does not require the approval of the Legal Services Commission.

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