The Community Legal Service (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/502
• Sections: 10

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Community Legal Service (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into force—

(a) as to regulations 1, 2, 4 and 5, on 1st April 2009;

(b) as to regulations 3 and 6 to 10, on 6th April 2009.

Section 2 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Words and expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as in the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000 .

Section 3 Transitional provisions

Regulations 6, 7, 9 and 10 of these Regulations apply to applications made on or after 6th April 2009 and to further assessments under regulation 15 of the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000 made on or after 6th April 2009; applications and further assessments made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not been made.

Section 4 Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000

The Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000 are amended as follows.

Section 5 Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000

In regulation 3, after paragraph (1)(e) insert—

(ea) Legal Representation of a person in respect of whom an authorisation has been made under paragraph 2 of Schedule A1 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 , or of a representative of that person appointed as such in accordance with Part 10 of that Schedule, in proceedings in the Court of Protection under section 21A of that Act;

Section 6 Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000

In regulation 5, in both places where it appears, for “£698” substitute “£733”.

Section 7 Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000

In regulation 5A—

(a) in paragraph (4), for “£2,530” substitute “£2,657”;

(b) in paragraph (5), for “£211” substitute “£222”.

Section 8 Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000

In regulation 20—

(a) in paragraph (2)(a), for “paragraph 1(3)(c)” substitute “item (3)(d) of the table in paragraph 1”;

(b) in paragraph (2)(a), for “paragraph 1(1)(e)” substitute “item (1)(e) of the table in paragraph 1”;

(c) in paragraph (2)(b), in each place where it appears, for “paragraph 2(1)” substitute “the table in paragraph 2”.

Section 9 Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000

In regulation 35, in paragraph (1)(c) and the table, for “300” substitute “315”.

Section 10 Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000

In regulation 38—

(a) in paragraph (2)(b), for “£300” substitute “£315”;

(b) in paragraph (2)(b)(i), for “£296 and £443” substitute “£311 and £465”;

(c) in paragraph (2)(b)(ii), for “£444 and £587” substitute “£466 and £616”.