# The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/431 · made 21 February 2000

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 £52 to £53.

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-regulations-2000/pdf/uksi_20000431_en.pdf

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND WALES
Made 21st February 2000
Laid before Parliament 24th February 2000
Coming into force 10th April 2000
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, and 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) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000.
(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 10th April 2000 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 Schedule 2, Part Two of Form 6 (beginning “Calculation of contribution from INCOME”) shall be amended by substituting for “£51”, “£52” and, for “£52”, “£53”.

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

Schedule 4 shall be amended by substituting for “£51”, “£52” and, for “£52”, “£53”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
David Lock
Parliamentary Secretary,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 17th February 2000
We consent
Bob Ainsworth
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 21st February 2000

## 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 £52 to £53.

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