Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 19898
1
In regulation 23(1), after “shall be in Form 5 and shall”, there shall be inserted “, except where the application is made under regulation 18(1)(f),”.
2
In regulation 23(2A) for “paragraphs (3) and (4)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (3), (4) and (6)”.
3
In regulation 23(4) after “statement of means and” there shall be inserted “, subject to paragraph (6),”.
4
After regulation 23(5) the following paragraph shall be inserted:
6
Where an application for legal aid is made under regulation 18(1)(f) the applicant shall, subject to paragraph (3), provide the proper officer with supporting documentary evidence of the matters in the statement of means as soon as possible and in any event within 14 days of the legal aid order being made.