# The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/1731 · made 18 July 1997

These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations so as to exclude advice and assistance provided by solicitors and advice agencies under pilot schemes within Part II of the Legal Aid Act 1988 from the provisions of Part III of that Act. It does not affect Green Form advice or ABWOR provided by franchisees.

Made under: Legal Aid Act 1988 (Section 8, Section 43)

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 18th July 1997
Coming into force 19th July 1997
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 8 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, hereby makes the following Regulations of which a draft has, in accordance with section 36(3)(b) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:—

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on the day following that on which they are made.

## 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations a reference to any regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations 1989, and a reference to the Arrangement of Regulations means the Arrangement of Regulations at the beginning of those regulations.

## 3 Amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations 1989

In the Arrangement of Regulations, after the entry relating to regulation 4 there shall be inserted:—
“4A Services under contracts and grants.”

## 4 Amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations 1989

After regulation 4 there shall be inserted the following:—
“Services under contracts and grants
4A (1) Advice and assistance provided under a contract or grant to which this regulation applies are excluded from Part III of the Act.
(2) This regulation applies to any contract or grant under Part II of the Act which—
(a) secures the provision of advice and assistance under Part II of the Act, and
(b) does not relate to the provision of advice, assistance or representation under any other Part of the Act.”.

## Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 18th July 1997

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations so as to exclude advice and assistance provided by solicitors and advice agencies under pilot schemes within Part II of the Legal Aid Act 1988 from the provisions of Part III of that Act. It does not affect Green Form advice or ABWOR provided by franchisees.

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