The Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1988

Made: 8th March 1988

Laid before Parliament: 15th March 1988

Coming into force: 11th April 1988

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4, 20 and 25 of the Legal Aid Act 1974[^f00001], hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 11th April 1988.

• (2) The Regulations specified in the first column of the Schedule shall be revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

2

For the weekly sum of £56 specified in section 4(2) of the Legal Aid Act 1974[^f00002], there shall be substituted the weekly sum of £58.

3

For the sums specified in Schedule 3 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (No. 2) 1980[^f00003], there shall be substituted the following sums:—

• Exceeding £58 but not exceeding £66 a week £5.

• Exceeding £66 but not exceeding £71 a week £12.

• Exceeding £71 but not exceeding £76 a week £17.

• Exceeding £76 but not exceeding £81 a week £23.

• Exceeding £81 but not exceeding £86 a week £28.

• Exceeding £86 but not exceeding £91 a week £33.

• Exceeding £91 but not exceeding £96 a week £39.

• Exceeding £96 but not exceeding £101 a week £44.

• Exceeding £101 but not exceeding £106 a week £50.

• Exceeding £106 but not exceeding £111 a week £55.

• Exceeding £111 but not exceeding £116 a week £61.

• Exceeding £116 but not exceeding £122 a week £67.

SCHEDULE

Signed

Mackay of Clashfern, C. — Dated 10th March 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations increase from £56 to £58 a week the disposable income above which a person receiving legal advice and assistance under Part I of the Legal Aid Act 1974 is required to pay a contribution and amend the scale of contributions.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1974 c. 4; section 4 was amended by the Legal Aid Act 1979 (c. 26), section 3 and by the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Schedule 10, paragraph 46; section 20 was amended by the Legal Aid Act 1979 (c. 26), section 4(2), by the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27), section 40(1) and by the Legal Aid Act 1982 (c. 44), sections 1, 16; section 25 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word“regulations”.

[^f00002]: Section 4(2) was amended by S.I. 1987/396.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1980/1898; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1987/396.