{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-general-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-general-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/468",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-general-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For regulation 19(2) and (3), there shall be substituted the following—\n“(2) The court or the proper officer of the court shall not determine disposable income and disposable capital where the applicant, the legally assisted person or the appropriate contributor is in receipt of supplementary benefit, income support or family credit, unless he is required to make a redetermination under regulation 25A below.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (2), the applicant, the legally assisted person or the appropriate contributor shall make a contribution—\n(a) if his disposable income exceeds the average weekly sum of £50, of such an amount as shall be determined by the proper officer in accordance with the Third Schedule; and\n(b) if his disposable capital exceeds £3,000, of such an amount as is equal to the excess.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/468/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:09:57.847948+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."
}