The Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1988

Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 459

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1988

Made

8th March 1988

Laid before Parliament

15th March 1988

Coming into force

11th April 1988

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4, 20 and 25 of the Legal Aid Act 1974(1), hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 11th April 1988.

(2) The Regulations specified in the first column of the Schedule shall be revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

2.  For the weekly sum of £56 specified in section 4(2) of the Legal Aid Act 1974(2), there shall be substituted the weekly sum of £58.

3.  For the sums specified in Schedule 3 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (No. 2) 1980(3), there shall be substituted the following sums:—

• Exceeding £58 but not exceeding £66 a week £5.

• Exceeding £66 but not exceeding £71 a week £12.

• Exceeding £71 but not exceeding £76 a week £17.

• Exceeding £76 but not exceeding £81 a week £23.

• Exceeding £81 but not exceeding £86 a week £28.

• Exceeding £86 but not exceeding £91 a week £33.

• Exceeding £91 but not exceeding £96 a week £39.

• Exceeding £96 but not exceeding £101 a week £44.

• Exceeding £101 but not exceeding £106 a week £50.

• Exceeding £106 but not exceeding £111 a week £55.

• Exceeding £111 but not exceeding £116 a week £61.

• Exceeding £116 but not exceeding £122 a week £67.

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 10th March 1988

Regulation 1(2)

SCHEDULE

Regulations revoked	References	Extent of revocation
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1985	S.I. 1985/1694	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1984	S.I. 1984/1715	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1983	S.I. 1983/1784	Regulation 4.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1983	S.I. 1983/1652	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1983	S.I. 1983/618	Regulation 4.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1983	S.I. 1983/392	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1982	S.I. 1982/237	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 4) Regulations 1979	S.I. 1979/1164	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1979	S.I. 1979/166	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1978	S.I. 1978/1567	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 3) Regulations 1977	S.I. 1977/1635	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1977	S.I. 1977/183	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1976	S.I. 1976/1681	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 3) Regulations 1975	S.I. 1975/1684	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1975	S.I. 1975/634	The whole Regulations.
Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (No. 2) Regulations 1974	S.I. 1974/1184	The whole Regulations.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations increase from £56 to £58 a week the disposable income above which a person receiving legal advice and assistance under Part I of the Legal Aid Act 1974 is required to pay a contribution and amend the scale of contributions.

(1)

1974 c. 4; section 4 was amended by the Legal Aid Act 1979 (c. 26), section 3 and by the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Schedule 10, paragraph 46; section 20 was amended by the Legal Aid Act 1979 (c. 26), section 4(2), by the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27), section 40(1) and by the Legal Aid Act 1982 (c. 44), sections 1, 16; section 25 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word“regulations”.

(2)

Section 4(2) was amended by S.I. 1987/396.

(3)

S.I. 1980/1898; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1987/396.