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The Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1988

S.I. 1988/666 · Made 8 March 1988

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 8th March 1988

Laid before Parliament 9th March 1988

Coming into force 11th April 1988

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1, 20 and 25 of the Legal Aid Act 1974f1, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1974 c. 4; section 1 was amended by the Legal Aid Act 1979 (c. 26), Schedule 1, paragraph 9, by the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61), section 45, by the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Schedule 10, paragraph 46 and by S.I. 1986/643 and 1987/627; section 20 was amended by the Legal Aid Act 1979 (c. 26), section 4(2), by the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27), section 40(1) and by the Legal Aid Act 1982 (c. 44), sections 1, 16; section 25 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word“regulations”.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. 3Regulation 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schedule
  6. Explanatory note

1

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 11th April 1988.

(2)

In these Regulations,“the Act” means the Legal Aid Act 1974.

(3)

The Regulations specified in the first column of the Schedule shall be revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

2

For the weekly sum of £118 specified in section 1(1)(a) of the Act, there shall be substituted the weekly sum of £122.

3

For the capital sum of £825 specified in section 1(1) of the Act, there shall be substituted the sum of £850, except in relation to assistance by way of representation (for which the sum remains £3,000f1).

Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 8th March 1988

Regulations revokedReferencesExtent of revocation
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1987S.I. 1987/627The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1985S.I. 1985/1614The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1984S.I. 1984/1837The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1983S.I. 1983/1784Regulations 2 and 3.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1983S.I. 1983/618Regulations 2 and 3.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1982S.I. 1982/236Regulations 2 and 3.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 3) Regulations 1979S.I. 1979/1395The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1979S.I. 1979/350The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1978S.I. 1978/1568The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 4) Regulations 1977S.I. 1977/1934The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1977S.I. 1977/446The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1976S.I. 1976/1894The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 4) Regulations 1975S.I. 1975/1866The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1975S.I. 1975/856The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1974S.I. 1974/1302The whole Regulations.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations increase the disposable income limit for the availability of legal advice and assistance under Part I of the Legal Aid Act 1974 from £118 to £122 a week and increase the disposable capital limit from £825 to £850.