Regulation 2 Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013

The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) insert at the appropriate places—

• ““the Windrush Compensation Scheme” means the scheme of that name launched on 3rd April 2019 and administered by the Home Office^f2;”;

• ““Windrush connected payment” means a payment where—

  1. (a)

     an individual has made a claim under the Windrush Compensation Scheme;

  2. (b)

     a request included in that claim has been referred by the Home Office to another person; and

  3. (c)

     the payment is made to the individual by that other person as a result of that referral;”.

In regulation 24(1) (payments to be disregarded from calculation of disposable income or gross income), after sub-paragraph (q) insert—

“(r)

any payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme; and

(s)

any Windrush connected payment.”.

In regulation 40(1) (certain payments to be disregarded), after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“(d)

any payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme; and

(e)

any Windrush connected payment.”.