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Article 2 Interpretation

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In this Order, unless the context requires otherwise:

  • “the Act” means the Legal Aid Act 1988;

  • “the Board” means the Legal Aid Board;

  • “the Commission” means the Legal Services Commission established under section 1 of the Access to Justice Act 1999f1; and

  • “costs” means, in the case of a solicitor, the fees and disbursements payable under section 25 of the Act and, in the case of counsel, the fees payable under that section.

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Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 22. By virtue of Schedule 14, paragraph 2 to the Access to Justice Act 1999, the functions of the Legal Aid Board were transferred to the Legal Services Commission on 1st April 2000 when section 1 of that Act came into force.