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The Legal Aid Board (Abolition) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/779 · Made 27 February 2001

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LEGAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 27th February 2001

Coming into force 2nd April 2001

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 7 of Schedule 14 to the Access to Justice Act 1999f1, being satisfied that the duties of the Legal Aid Board under paragraph 6 of that Schedule have been discharged, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 22.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Abolition of the Legal Aid Board
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Legal Aid Board (Abolition) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd April 2001.

2Abolition of the Legal Aid Board

The Legal Aid Board established under section 3 of the Legal Aid Act 1988f1 shall cease to exist.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

David Lock

Parliamentary Secretary,

Lord Chancellor’s Department

27th February 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the abolition of the Legal Aid Board, which was established under the Legal Aid Act 1988.