The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/646
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and transitional provisions

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 8th April 1996.

(2) In these Regulations, a Schedule referred to by number means the Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 .

(3) These Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid 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.

Section 2 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1989

Part Two of Form 6 (which deals with Calculation of contribution from INCOME) in Schedule 2 shall be amended by substituting—

(a) for “£44”, “£48” and

(b) for “Contributions are rounded to the nearest whole pound”, “A contribution of £1 is payable for each £3 (or part of £3) by which average disposable income exceeds the weekly limit but no contribution is payable where average disposable income does not exceed £49.” .

Section 3 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1989

Schedule 4 shall be amended by substituting, for “£47”, “£48” and, for “£48”, “£49”.