# The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1991

S.I. 1991/1925 · made 25 July 1991

These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 by omitting the parts of the Regulations which refer to care proceedings (regulations 2 and 3). As a result of amendments to the Legal Aid Act 1988 by the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) care proceedings now form part of civil legal aid. The unamended regulations are preserved to cover existing proceedings (regulation 1(2)).

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

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 25th July 1991
Laid before Parliament 5th September 1991
Coming into force 14th October 1991
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 provisions

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 14th October 1991.
(2) These Regulations shall apply to proceedings commenced on or after 14 October 1991 and the provisions of the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 shall apply in relation to proceedings commenced before that date as if these Regulations had not been made.

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

Regulation 1(2) and Part VII of the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 shall be omitted.

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

In regulation 44(3) the words from “; and” in sub-paragraph (a) to “above” in sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted.

## Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 25th July 1991

## 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 omitting the parts of the Regulations which refer to care proceedings (regulations 2 and 3). As a result of amendments to the Legal Aid Act 1988 by the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) care proceedings now form part of civil legal aid. The unamended regulations are preserved to cover existing proceedings (regulation 1(2)).

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