The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2020/1584 |
| Year | 2020 |
2020 No. 1584
Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales
The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Made 17th December 2020
Laid before Parliament 18th December 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 21(2)(a) and 41(1)(a) and (b) and (3)(a) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 20121, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 8th January 2021.
(3) Regulation 2(4) and regulation 2(5) come into force on 28th January 2021.
Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013
2.—(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 20132are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) insert at the appropriate places—
““the Caxton Foundation” means the charitable trust of that name (number 1142529) established on 28th March 2011 out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the benefit of certain persons suffering from hepatitis C and other persons eligible for payment in accordance with its provisions;”;
““Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme” means—
(a) the schemes established under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 19953or any arrangements for compensation by the Secretary of State for criminal injuries in operation before the commencement of those schemes;
(b) the scheme established under the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 20024, or any earlier Northern Ireland criminal injuries compensation schemes in operation before the commencement of that scheme;”;
““the Eileen Trust” means the charitable trust of that name (number 1028027) established on 29th March 1993 out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the benefit of persons eligible for payment in accordance with its provisions;”;
““the London Emergencies Trust” means the company of that name (number 09928465) incorporated on 23rd December 2015 and the registered charity of that name (number 1172307) established on 28th March 2017;”;
““the Macfarlane Trust” means the charitable trust (number 298863), established on 22nd March 1988 partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State to the Haemophilia Society, for the relief of poverty or distress among those suffering from haemophilia;”;
““the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust” means the trust of that name, established on 29th January 1990 partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from haemophilia;”;
““the Macfarlane (Special Payments) (No.2) Trust” means the trust of that name, established on 3rd May 1991 partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from haemophilia and other beneficiaries;”;
““MFET Limited” means the company limited by guarantee (number 7121661) of that name, established for the purpose in particular of making payments in accordance with arrangements made with the Secretary of State to persons who have acquired HIV as a result of treatment by the NHS with blood or blood products;”;
““the National Emergencies Trust” means the registered charity of that name (number 1182809) established on 28th March 2019;”;
““Relevant Infected Blood Support Scheme” means any of the following—
(a) the England Infected Blood Support Scheme administered by the National Health Service Business Services Authority on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care;
(b) the Infected Blood Payment Scheme for Northern Ireland, administered...
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