# The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1992, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make changes to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989, in particular by:
(1) providing for certain prescribed Forms to be compulsory (regulation 4);
(2) providing for a disregard of disability living allowance when assessing disposable income or capital and assimilating the positions of those persons in receipt of disability working allowance with those on family credit (regulations 3, 5 and 7);
(3) increasing the lower limit of disposable income and amending the scale of weekly contributions payable (regulation 8).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/720/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-and-care-proceedings-general-amendment-regulations-1992/note
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