{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-general-amendment-regulations-1987/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-general-amendment-regulations-1987/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/422",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-general-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations increase from £46 to £48 a week the disposable income above which a person receiving legal aid in criminal proceedings under Part II of the Legal Aid Act 1974 is required, under the Legal Aid Act 1982, to pay a contribution and amend the scale of contributions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/422/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:29:57.179577+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}