Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1976

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1976/1894
Year1976

1976 No. 1894

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND

The Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1976

12thOctober 1976

18thOctober 1976

15thNovember 1976

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 1976 and shall come into operation on 15th November 1976.

(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 £30 specified in section 1(1)(a) of the Act, as amended by the Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 4) Regulations 1975(c), there shall be substituted the weekly sum of £35.

3. For the capital sum specified in section 1(1) of the Act, there shall be substituted the capital sum of £300.

Elwyn- Jones, C.

Dated 12th October 1976.

(a) 1974 c. 4.

(b) 1889 c. 63.

(c) S.I. 1975/1866 (1975 III, p. 7063).

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 £30 to £35 a week and increase the disposable capital limit from £250 to £300.

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