The Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Contribution Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/480), the Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Resources) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/471), the Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/483) and the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/9). These Regulations make provision about the rules the Director of Legal Aid Casework (the “Director”) must apply to determine whether an individual’s financial resources are such that the individual is eligible for civil and criminal legal services under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) (the “Act”) and the liability of an individual to pay a contribution towards the cost of the civil and criminal legal services received.
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Made
28 Oct 2024
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In force
20 Nov 2024
Enabling power
The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(2), (4) and (6), 21(2), (3), (5), and (6), 23(1), (2), (5), (6), (8), (9), (10), and (11) and 41(1), (2), and (3) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
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