The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/752
• Sections: 5

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 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997, except for regulations 2 and 3 which shall come into force on 7th April 1997.

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

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 7th April 1997 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force.

(4) Regulations 4 and 5 of these Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 1st April 1997 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if regulations 4 and 5 had not come into force.

Section 2 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989

Part Two of Form 6 (which deals with Calculation of contribution from INCOME) in Schedule 2 shall be amended by substituting for “£48”, “£49” and, for “£49”, “£50”.

Section 3 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989

Schedule 4 shall be amended by substituting, for “£48”, “£49” and, for “£49”, “£50”.

Section 4 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989

(1) Paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 shall stand as sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph.

(2) After paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 3, there shall be inserted the following:—

(2) In computing disposable income, a payment made under the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 shall be disregarded.

Section 5 Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989

For “and” at the end of paragraph 16(b)(ii) of Schedule 3, there shall be substituted the following:—

(iii) payments made under the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996; and