Access to Justice (Membership Organisations) Regulations 2000

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2000/693
Year2000

2000 No. 693

LEGAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Access to Justice (Membership Organisations) Regulations 2000

Made 9th March 2000

Laid before Parliament 10th March 2000

Coming into force 1st April 2000

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 30(1) and (3) to (5) of the Access to Justice Act 19991and all other powers enabling him hereby makes the following Regulations:

S-1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Access to Justice (Membership Organisations) Regulations 2000.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2000.

S-2 Bodies of a prescribed description

Bodies of a prescribed description

2. The bodies which are prescribed for the purpose of section 30 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (recovery where body undertakes to meet costs liabilities) are those bodies which are for the time being approved by the Lord Chancellor for that purpose.

S-3 Requirements for arrangements to meet costs liabilities

Requirements for arrangements to meet costs liabilities

3.—(1) Section 30(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 applies to arrangements which satisfy the following conditions.

(2) The arrangements must be in writing.

(3) The arrangements must contain a statement specifying—

(a)

(a) the circumstances in which the member or other party may be liable to pay costs of the proceedings,

(b)

(b) whether such a liability arises—

(i) if those circumstances only partly occur,

(ii) irrespective of whether those circumstances occur, and

(iii) on the termination of the arrangements for any reason,

(c)

(c) the basis on which the amount of the liability is calculated, and

(d)

(d) the procedure for seeking assessment of costs.

(4) A copy of the part of the arrangements containing the statement must be given to the member or other party to the proceedings whose liabilities the body is undertaking to meet as soon as possible after the undertaking is given.

S-4 Recovery of additional amount for insurance costs

Recovery of additional amount for insurance costs

4.—(1) Where an additional amount is included in costs by virtue of section 30(2) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (costs payable to a member of a body or other person party to the proceedings to include an additional amount in respect of provision made by the body against the risk of having to meet the member’s or other person’s liabilities to pay other...

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