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Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1977

As Enacted Cited authorities 6 Cited in Amendments 1 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1977/446
Year1977

1977 No. 446

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND

The Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1977

3rdFebruary 1977

15thFebruary 1977

1stApril 1977

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1 and 20 of the Legal Aid Act 1974(a), hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1977 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1977.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, "the Act" means the Legal Aid Act 1974 and other expressions have the same meaning as in that Act.

(3) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

2. For the weekly sum of £35 specified in section 1(1)(a) of the Act, as amended by the Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1976(c), there shall be substituted the weekly sum of £42.

Elwyn-Jones, C.

Dated 3rd February 1977.

(a) 1974 c. 4.

(b) 1889 c. 63.

(c) S.I. 1976/1894 (1976 III, p. 5067).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations increase the disposable income limit for the availability of legal advice and assistance under the Legal Aid Act 1974 from £35 to £42 a week.

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