The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/2874
• Sections: 3

Section 1

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 23rd November 1992.

(2) In these Regulations a regulation referred to by number means the regulation so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations 1989 .

Section 2

Regulation 2 shall be amended as follows—

(a) the definition of “board of visitors” shall be deleted;

(b) after the definition of “conveyancing services” the following definitions shall be inserted—

“discretionary life prisoner” has the meaning assigned by section 34(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 ;

“governor” has the meaning assigned by rule 99 of the Prison Rules 1964 ;

(c) after the definition of “mental disorder” the following definition shall be inserted—

“the Parole Board” has the meaning assigned by section 32 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991;

Section 3

In regulation 9, for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following—

(b) to a prisoner who has been permitted by the governor to be legally represented in proceedings before him;

(c) to a discretionary life prisoner whose case is referred to the Parole Board under sections 34(4) or (5) or 39(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.