# The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/815 · made 12 March 1999

These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 so as to increase the income limit for non-contributory criminal legal aid from £51 to £52 and so as to clarify the procedure for granting legal aid orders that apply to both a magistrates' court and the Crown Court.

Made under: Legal Aid Act 1988 (Section 21, Section 23, Section 34, Section 43)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-and-care-proceedings-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1999/pdf/uksi_19990815_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 12th March 1999
Laid before Parliament 16th March 1999
Coming into force 12th April 1999
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 21(5), 23, 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, with the consent of the treasury, makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and transitional provisions

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context requires otherwise, a reference to a regulation or Schedule by number alone means the regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989.
(3) These Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 12th April 1999 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

In regulation 11(1), after “legal aid order” there shall be inserted “(whether or not it will also apply to any proceedings in the Crown Court)”.

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

In Schedule 2, Part Two of Form 6 (which deals with Calculation of contribution from INCOME) shall be amended by substituting for “£50”, “£51” and, for “£51”, “£52”.

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

Schedule 4 shall be amended by substituting for “£50”, “£51” and, for “£51”, “£52”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
G.W. Hoon
Minister of State,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 7th March 1999
We consent
Jane Kennedy
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 12th March 1999

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 so as to increase the income limit for non-contributory criminal legal aid from £51 to £52 and so as to clarify the procedure for granting legal aid orders that apply to both a magistrates' court and the Crown Court.

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