{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-scope-regulations-1989/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-scope-regulations-1989/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/550",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-scope-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:–\n“ABWOR” means assistance by way of representation;\n“the Act” means the Legal Aid Act 1988;\n“board of visitors” means a board of visitors appointed by the Secretary of State under section 6(2) of the Prison Act 1952;\n“client” means a person seeking or receiving advice or assistance or on whose behalf advice or assistance is sought;\n“conditional sale agreement” has the meaning assigned to it in section 189 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974;\n“conveyancing services” has the meaning assigned to it in section 11 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985;\n“mental disorder” has the meaning assigned to it in section 1 of the Mental Health Act 1983;\n“rental purchase agreement” has the meaning assigned to it in section 88 of the Housing Act 1980;\n“will” has the meaning assigned to it in section 1 of the Wills Act 1837;",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c. 52; section 6 was amended by the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Schedule 7 Part II paragraph 4, Schedule 11 Part IV."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1974 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1985 c. 61."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1983 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1980 c. 51."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1837 c. 26."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev.in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/3377",
      "affecting_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/2874",
      "affecting_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/2874",
      "affecting_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/2874",
      "affecting_title": "The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2768",
      "affecting_title": "The Legal Aid (Scope) Regulations 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/550/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:46:24.533282+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}