The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/489
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1990.

(2) Regulation 3(b) to (d) of these Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 1990 and all other regulations shall come into force on 9th April 1990.

Section 2 Interpretation

In regulation 3 of these Regulations a regulation or Schedule referred to by number means a regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 .

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

(1) In Schedule 3—

(a) in paragraph 3 after the words “disposable capital” there shall be inserted the words “, whether for the purpose of reducing his liability to pay a contribution towards legal aid or otherwise”;

(b) after paragraph 7 there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

(7A) In computing disposable income there shall be deducted any sums payable (net of community charge benefit) by the person concerned in respect of the personal community charge to which he is subject by virtue of section 2 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 .

(c) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) of paragraph 8 for the word “rates” there shall be substituted the words “any domestic rates and water and sewerage charges”;

(d) in paragraph 9 after the words “in the circumstances” there shall be inserted the words “including any net sum payable by him by way of contribution towards the collective community charge to which the person with a qualifying interest in such accommodation is subject by virtue of section 5 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.”

(2) In Schedule 4—

(a) for the table there shall be substituted the following table—

(b) for the figure “£82” below the table there shall be substituted the figure “£85”.