# The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1995

S.I. 1995/796 · made 16 March 1995

These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 by increasing the income limit for non–contributory criminal legal aid from £46 per week to £47 per week.

Made under: Legal Aid Act 1988 (Section 21, Section 34, Section 43)

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 16th March 1995
Laid before Parliament 17th March 1995
Coming into force 10th April 1995
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 21(5), 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

## 1 Citation, commencement and transitional provisions

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 10th April 1995.
(2) These Regulations apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 10th April 1995 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force.

## 2 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989

Schedule 4 to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 shall be amended by substituting for the words from “by which his” to the end, the words “by which his average weekly disposable income exceeds £47; but any applicant or appropriate contributor whose average weekly disposable income does not exceed £48 shall not be liable to pay a contribution.”.

## Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 14th March 1995
We consent,
Andrew Mitchell
Derek Conway
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 16th March 1995

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 by increasing the income limit for non–contributory criminal legal aid from £46 per week to £47 per week.

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-and-care-proceedings-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1995
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