The Legal Aid (Functions) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/998
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Legal Aid (Functions) Order 1997 and shall come into force:

(a) as to article 4, on 1st April 1997;

(b) as to the rest of the Order, on the day following the day on which it was made.

Section 2 Interpretation

Any reference in this Order to a section or Part by number alone means a section or Part so numbered in the Legal Aid Act 1988.

Section 3 Functions of assessing costs in civil cases

The general function conferred on the Legal Aid Board by section 3(2) shall include the function mentioned in section 3(4)(a) to the extent required to enable the Board to conduct any assessment of the costs of representation under Part IV which regulations made under section 34(2)(e) provide for it to conduct, and any review or appeal arising from such an assessment.

Section 4 Functions of determining financial resources

The general function conferred on the Legal Aid Board by section 3(2) shall include the function mentioned in section 3(4)(d) to the extent required to enable the Board to determine the financial resources of any person where regulations made under section 34(2)(c) provide for it to do so.