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Regulation 4 Amendments to the Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

The Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013f1 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—

    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;”.

(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.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2013/483; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/643, 2015/710, 2015/838, 2016/211 and 2016/708.