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Legal Aid Act 1988 in Wales

1988 c. 34 · Enacted 29 July 1988 · Extends to United Kingdom

Not fully up to date. 2 changes made by later legislation have not yet been written into this text, which is revised to 1 April 2013.

See the changes not yet applied
ProvisionChangeMade by
Sch. 4 para. 3(b)repealedLaw Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 Sch. 9
Actmodified (prosp.)Family Law Act 1996 s. 23(8)

An Act to make new provision for the administration of, and to revise the law relating to, legal aid, advice and assistance.

[29th July 1988]

C1C2C3C4C5Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations to the whole text

Modifications

C1

Act amended (1.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2684, arts. 4, 5, Schedule1

C2

By Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 101(1), Sch. 12 para.23; S.I. 1991/2208, art. 2(1), Sch.1 it is provided (14.10.1991) that in relation to any time before the commencement of s. 70 of that 1991 Act (which came into force on 1.10.1992 by S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2) references in any enactment amended by that 1991 Act, to youth courts shall be construed as references to juvenile courts.

C3

Act modified (E.W.) (prosp.) by 1996 c. 27, ss. 23(8), 67(3) (with Sch. 9 para. 5)

Act extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, regs. 1, 14, Sch. 3 Pt. 1

Act applied (with modifications) (28.8.2000) by 2000 c. 25, s. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 8; S.I. 2000/2125, art. 2

Act applied (E.W.) (with modifications) (2.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2227, reg. 4

C4

Act: functions of the Lord Chancellor transferred to the Secretary of State (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), art. 4, Sch. 1

C5

Act: functions of the Secretary of State transferred to the Lord Chancellor (12.1.2006) by The Transfer of Functions (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3429), art. 3(1)(a) (with arts. 4, 5)

Contents

  1. Part I: Preliminary
  2. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. Part II: Legal Aid Board and Legal Aid
  5. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  6. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  7. 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  8. 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  9. 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. Part III: Advice and Assistance
  11. 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  12. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  13. 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  14. 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  15. 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  16. 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  17. Part IIIA: Mediation
  18. 13A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  19. 13B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  20. 13C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  21. Part IV: Civil Legal Aid
  22. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  23. 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  24. 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  25. 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  26. 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  27. Part V: Criminal Legal Aid
  28. 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  29. 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  30. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  31. 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  32. 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  33. 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  34. 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  35. 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  36. Part VI: Legal Aid in Special Cases
  37. Care proceedings
  38. 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  39. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  40. Contempt proceedings
  41. 29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  42. Supplementary
  43. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  44. Part VII: General and Supplementary
  45. 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  46. 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  47. 33Legal aid complaints against barristers and their exclusion from legal aid work.
  48. 34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  49. 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  50. 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  51. 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  52. 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  53. 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  54. 40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  55. 41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  56. 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  57. 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  58. Part VIII: Miscellaneous
  59. 44Scottish provisions.
  60. Supplementary
  61. 45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  62. 46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  63. 47Short title, commencement and extent.
  64. Schedule 1
  65. Incorporation and Status
  66. 1Paragraph 1
  67. 2Paragraph 2
  68. Tenure of Members
  69. 3Paragraph 3
  70. 4Paragraph 4
  71. 5Paragraph 5
  72. Members’ interests
  73. 6Paragraph 6
  74. 7Paragraph 7
  75. Remuneration of members
  76. 8Paragraph 8
  77. Staff
  78. 9Paragraph 9
  79. 10Paragraph 10
  80. Proceedings
  81. 11Paragraph 11
  82. Instruments
  83. 12Paragraph 12
  84. Allowances
  85. 13Paragraph 13
  86. Schedule 2
  87. Part I: Description of Proceedings
  88. 1Paragraph 1
  89. 2Paragraph 2
  90. 3Paragraph 3
  91. 4Paragraph 4
  92. 5Paragraph 5
  93. 6Paragraph 6
  94. Part II: Excepted proceedings
  95. 1Paragraph 1
  96. 2Paragraph 2
  97. 3Paragraph 3
  98. 4Paragraph 4
  99. 5Paragraph 5
  100. 5AParagraph 5A
  101. 5BParagraph 5B
  102. 6Paragraph 6
  103. Schedule 3
  104. Part I: Orders made by a court
  105. Collecting court
  106. 1Paragraph 1
  107. Enforcement proceedings
  108. 2Paragraph 2
  109. 3Paragraph 3
  110. 4Paragraph 4
  111. Transfer of enforcement proceedings to different court
  112. 5Paragraph 5
  113. Limitations on enforcement by proceedings
  114. 6Paragraph 6
  115. 7Paragraph 7
  116. Power to defer enforcement proceedings
  117. 8Paragraph 8
  118. Interpretation
  119. 9Paragraph 9
  120. Part II: Orders made by the Board
  121. Limitations on enforcement by proceedings
  122. 10Paragraph 10
  123. 11Paragraph 11
  124. Schedule 5: Minor and Consequential Amendments
  125. Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51)
  126. 1Paragraph 1
  127. Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)
  128. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  129. Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c. 32)
  130. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
  131. House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
  132. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
  133. Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
  134. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  135. Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65)
  136. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  137. Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)
  138. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
  139. Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5)
  140. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  141. Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)
  142. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  143. Senior Courts Act 1981(c. 54)
  144. 10Paragraph 10 Repealed
  145. Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12)
  146. 11Paragraph 11
  147. Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23)
  148. 12Paragraph 12 Repealed
  149. 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
  150. 14Paragraph 14
  151. 15Paragraph 15
  152. Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (c. 60)
  153. 16Paragraph 16 Repealed
  154. Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61)
  155. 17Paragraph 17
  156. 18Paragraph 18 Repealed
  157. 19Paragraph 19
  158. Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)
  159. 20Paragraph 20 Repealed
  160. Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55)
  161. 21Paragraph 21 Repealed
  162. Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38)
  163. 22Paragraph 22 Repealed
  164. Schedule 6Schedule 6
  165. Schedule 7
  166. Preliminary
  167. 1Paragraph 1
  168. The Legal Aid Fund
  169. 2Paragraph 2
  170. Rights, obligations and property
  171. 3Paragraph 3
  172. Transfer of functions
  173. 4Paragraph 4
  174. Legal aid contribution orders
  175. 5Paragraph 5
  176. The Board: transfers of employment
  177. 6Paragraph 6
  178. 7Paragraph 7
  179. 8Paragraph 8
  180. 9Paragraph 9
  181. Pensions
  182. 10Paragraph 10
  183. Representation in affiliation proceedings: transitory provision
  184. 11Paragraph 11
  185. Schedule 8
  186. Preliminary
  187. 1Paragraph 1
  188. Regulation of charges on property
  189. 2Paragraph 2
  190. Remuneration
  191. 3Paragraph 3
  192. 4Paragraph 4