The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1994

• Citation: S.I. 1994/805
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 11th April 1994.

Section 2 Interpretation

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

Section 3 Transitional Provisions

These Regulations shall apply to applications for advice and assistance made on or after 11th April 1994 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force.

Section 4 Amendments of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

In the Arrangement of Regulations, after the reference to regulation 5 there shall be inserted the following:—

(5A) ABWOR in proceedings before a Mental Health Review Tribunal.

Section 5 Amendments of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

After regulation 5 there shall be inserted the following:—

ABWOR in proceedings before a Mental Health Review Tribunal

(5A) ABWOR to which Part III of the Act applies by virtue of regulation 9(a) of the Scope Regulations (proceedings before a Mental Health Review Tribunal) shall be available without reference to the client’s financial resources.

Section 6 Amendments of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

Regulation 11 shall be amended by substituting “£70” for “£61” in paragraph (1), and “£153” for “£147” in paragraph (2).

Section 7 Amendments of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

Regulation 12 shall be amended as follows:—

(a) in paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) for “£61” there shall be substituted “£63”;

(b) in paragraph (1) for “£147” there shall be substituted “£153”;

(c) in paragraph (5) after “contribution” there shall be inserted “towards the cost of ABWOR”;

(d) after paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following:—

(6) A client shall in no case be liable to pay any contribution towards the cost of advice and assistance other than ABWOR.