1999 No. 2565

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 16(6), 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 19881, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 5th October 1999.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations a reference to a regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 19892.

Amendments to Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 19893

Regulation 943 shall stand as paragraph (1) of regulation 94, and after it there shall be inserted:

2

The charge created by section 16(6) of the Act shall not apply in relation to any increase in the net liability of the fund arising out of the cost of giving advice or assistance under Part III of the Act which is mediation-related advice or assistance, as defined in regulation 32(2) of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 19894.

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Keith VazParliamentary Secretary,Lord Chancellor’s Department

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 to exempt the costs of giving advice and assistance related to mediation in family matters from the statutory charge in favour of the Legal Aid Board, under section 16(6) of the Legal Aid Act 1988.