The Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

Made: 17th March 1994

Laid before Parliament: 21st March 1994

Coming into force: 11th April 1994

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), 16, 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988[^f00001], and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 11th April 1994.

Interpretation

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In these Regulations a regulation referred to by number alone means a regulation so numbered in the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989[^f00002].

Transitional provisions

3

These Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 11th April 1994 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force.

Amendments of the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989

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• (1) In regulation 4(2) for “£6,800” there shall be substituted “£7,060”.

• (2) In regulation 4(3) for “£7,500” there shall be substituted “£7,780”.

• (3) In regulation 4(4)(a) for “£2294” there shall be substituted “£2,382”.

Signed

Mackay of Clashfern, C. — Dated 14th March 1994

We consent,

Andrew Mackay — Irvine Patnick — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — Dated 17th March 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989 by:—

• (1) increasing the income limit for non-contributory civil legal aid from £2,294 to £2,382;

• (2) increasing the income limit for eligibility for civil legal aid in all cases other than personal injuries from £6,800 to £7,060;

• (3) increasing the income limit for eligibility in cases of personal injuries from £7,500 to £7,780.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 34; sections 15, 16, 34 and 43 were amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 17 paragraph 19, and Schedule 18 paragraphs 60, 61 and 63. Section 43 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “regulations”.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1989/338, as amended by S.I. 1990/484, S.I. 1991/635, S.I. 1992/718 and S.I. 1993/788.