Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1983

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1983/533
Year1983

1983 No. 533 (S. 49)

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND

The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1983

Made11thMarch 1983

14thMarch 1983

1stApril 1983

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 15 of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1967(a) and sections 1 and 11 of the Legal Advice and Assistance Act 1972(b), and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following regulations:—

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1983 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1983.

(2) In these regulations, "the Act" means the Legal Advice and Assistance Act 1972.

2. For the purposes of section 1(a) of the Act, there is hereby prescribed the weekly sum of £99 in place of the weekly sum of £93 prescribed by the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1982(c).

3. For the purposes of section 1 of the Act, there is hereby prescribed the capital sum of £700 in place of the capital sum of £655 prescribed by the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1982.

4. The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1982 are hereby revoked.

George Younger, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.

New St Andrew's House, Edinburgh.

11th March 1983.

(a) 1967 c. 43; section 15 was extended by section 6 of the Legal Advice and Assistance Act 1972 (c. 50).

(b) 1972 c. 50.

(c) S.I. 1982/507.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations increase the disposable income limit for eligibility for legal advice and assistance under the Legal Advice and Assistance Act 1972 from £93 a week to £99 a week and increase the disposable capital limit from £655 to £700.

In consequence, the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1982 are...

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