The Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/2726
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Section 2 Amendments to the Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) Regulations 2013

The Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) Regulations 2013 are amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendments to the Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) Regulations 2013

After regulation 4 insert—

Information request: particulars contained in the register

(4A)

(1) An information request made by the relevant authority to the Secretary of State under section 22(1)(a) of the Act may include a request for the disclosure of register information.

(2) In this regulation—

“register” and “registered keeper” have the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 ;

“register information” means, in relation to any registration mark—

whether a particular relevant individual is the registered keeper of the vehicle identified by that registration mark; and

if the relevant individual is the registered keeper of that vehicle, any particulars contained in the register in relation to that registration mark;

“registration mark” has the meaning given in section 23(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 .

Section 4 Amendments to the Legal Aid (Information about Financial Resources) Regulations 2013

In the Schedule, at the end insert—

(29) Armed forces independence payment payable under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011 .