The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/2123
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.

(2) In these Regulations a reference to a regulation or Schedule by number alone means the regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 .

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

(1) In regulation 4(1) for “Forms” there shall be substituted “Subject to paragraph (1A), forms”.

(2) After regulation 4(1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

(1A) In respect of criminal proceedings in courts in Wales:

(a) the Welsh language versions of Forms 1, 1A and 5 in Schedule 2 may be used where applicable; and

(b) references in these Regulations to Forms 1, 1A and 5 shall, in each case, be construed as including a reference to the Welsh language version of that form.

(3) In regulation 4(2) after “Forms 1 and 5 available” insert “, and each magistrates' court in Wales shall also make the Welsh language versions of Forms 1 and 5 available,”.

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

In regulation 55 there shall be inserted:

(a) at the beginning, the words “—(1) Subject to paragraph (2),”;

(b) after the first occurrence of the word “made”, the words “and while it is in force”;

(c) after paragraph (1) (as renumbered by this regulation), the words:–

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to work done by the legally assisted person’s solicitor or counsel in connection with the proceedings referred to in that paragraph:–

(a) before the legal aid order has been made unless regulation 44(7) applies; or

(b) after the legal aid order has been revoked or withdrawn.

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

In Schedule 2 there shall be inserted:

(a) after Form 1, the Welsh language version of that form appearing at the end of these Regulations, headed “Cais am Gymorth Cyfreithiol mewn Achos Troseddol Llys Ynadon neu Lys y Goron”;

(b) after Form 1A, the Welsh language version of that form appearing at the end of these Regulations, headed “Cais am gymorth cyfreithiol mewn achos troseddol yn dilyn marwolaeth diffynnydd neu apelydd”;

(c) after Form 5, the Welsh language version of that form appearing at the end of these Regulations, headed “Datganiad Modd gan Ymgeisydd neu Gyfrannwr Priodol at ddibenion Cymorth Cyfreithiol”.