Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1982
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1982/507 |
| Year | 1982 |
1982 No. 507 (S. 62)
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND
The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) Regulations 198216thFebruary 1982
2ndMarch 1982
1stApril 1982
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 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1982.
(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 £93 in place of the weekly sum of £85 prescribed by the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) (No. 4) Regulations 1979 (c) .
3. For the purposes of section 1 of the Act, there is hereby prescribed the capital sum of £655 in place of the capital sum of £600 prescribed by the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1979 (d).
4. The Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1979 and the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Financial Conditions) (No. 4) Regulations 1979 are hereby revoked.
George Younger, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
New St Andrew's House, Edinburgh.
16th February 1982.
(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. 1979/1522.
(d) S.I. 1979/410.
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 £85 a week to £93 a week and increase the disposable capital limit from £600 to £655.
The Regulations revoke two previous sets of...
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