# The Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Contribution Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2019, Regulation 4: Amendments to the Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013


(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (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;”;
““Windrush connected payment” means a payment where—
(a) an individual has made a claim under the Windrush Compensation Scheme;
(b) a request included in that claim has been referred by the Home Office to another person; and
(c) the payment is made to the individual by that other person as a result of that referral;”.
(3) In regulation 10(2) (calculation of gross annual income) after sub-paragraph (i) insert—
“(j) any payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme; and
(k) any Windrush connected payment.”.
(4) In regulation 28 (calculation of disposable specified capital)—
(a) in paragraph (3), insert at the beginning “Subject to paragraph (3B),”;
(b) after paragraph (3A), insert—
“(3B) In calculating the amount of an individual’s disposable specified capital, the Director must disregard—
(a) any payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme; and
(b) any Windrush connected payment.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/894/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-financial-resources-and-contribution-orders-amendment-regulations-2019/regulation-4
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