The Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/2738
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 5th October 1999.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations a reference to any regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997 .

Section 3 Transitional provisions

(1) These Regulations shall apply to applications for mediation under regulation 2 made on or after 5th October 1999.

(2) Where a person at any time on or after 5th October 1999 receives family credit or disability working allowance under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 in pursuance of a decision made before that date, his disposable income shall be assessed as if these Regulations had not come into force.

Section 4 Revocation

The regulations known as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1999 (which purport to amend the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997 and are, in accordance with regulations made under section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 , numbered 2576 in the calendar year 1999) are hereby revoked.

Section 5 Amendments to the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997

In regulation 1(2)—

(a) for the definitions of “disability working allowance” and “family credit” there shall be substituted—

“disabled person’s tax credit” means a disabled person’s tax credit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ;

“working families' tax credit” means working families' tax credit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

(b) after the definition of “income support” there shall be inserted—

“qualifying benefit” means any of the following:—

income support;

working families' tax credit, provided that the amount (if any) to be deducted under section 128(2)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 has been determined at not more than £70 a week;

disabled person’s tax credit, provided that the amount (if any) to be deducted under section 129(5)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 has been determined at not more than £70 a week; and

income-based jobseeker’s allowance.

Section 6 Amendments to the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997

In regulation 2(3)(b) and (c), for “income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, family credit or disability working allowance” there shall be substituted “any qualifying benefit”.

Section 7 Amendments to the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997

In regulation 4(4), for “income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, family credit or disability working allowance” there shall be substituted “any qualifying benefit”.