The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/641
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation provisions

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996 except for regulations 2(1) and 3 which shall come into force on 8th April 1996.

(2) In regulations 3 and 4, a regulation or Schedule referred to by number means the regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 .

Section 2 Transitional provisions

(1) Regulation 3 shall apply to applications for advice and assistance made on or after 8th April 1996 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force.

(2) Regulation 4 shall apply for the purposes of work done on or after 1st April 1996 to which the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 apply.

Section 3 Amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

(1) Regulation 11 shall be amended by substituting

(a) “£75” for “£72” in paragraph (1) and

(b) “£162” for “£156” in paragraph (2).

(2) Regulation 12 shall be amended by substituting

(a) “£67” for “£64” in each of the places where that amount is stated in paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) and

(b) “£162” for “£156” in paragraph (1).

Section 4 Amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989

Schedule 6 shall be amended by substituting—

(a) for the Table following paragraph 1, the following

(b) for the Table following paragraph 2, the following

(c) for the Table following paragraph 3, the following

(d) for the Table following paragraph 4, the following