# The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/2647 · made 3 November 1997

These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 by extending the circumstances in which a court may order a legal aid contribution to be remitted or repaid. At present the Regulations provide for this only where the assisted person has been acquitted. The amendment extends the circumstances to those where the proceedings against him have been discontinued or withdrawn.

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

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 3rd November 1997
Laid before Parliament 5th November 1997
Coming into force 1st December 1997
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and transitional provision

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997.
(2) These Regulations apply where proceedings are discontinued or withdrawn on or after 1st December 1997.

## 2 Amendment of the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989

Regulation 35(1)(b) of the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 shall be amended by inserting at the end “or where the proceedings were discontinued or withdrawn”.

## Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C
Dated 3rd November 1997

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 by extending the circumstances in which a court may order a legal aid contribution to be remitted or repaid. At present the Regulations provide for this only where the assisted person has been acquitted. The amendment extends the circumstances to those where the proceedings against him have been discontinued or withdrawn.

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