The Legal Aid Board (Abolition) Order 2001

Made27th February 2001

Coming into force2nd April 2001

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 7 of Schedule 14 to the Access to Justice Act 19991, being satisfied that the duties of the Legal Aid Board under paragraph 6 of that Schedule have been discharged, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Legal Aid Board (Abolition) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd April 2001.

Abolition of the Legal Aid Board2.

The Legal Aid Board established under section 3 of the Legal Aid Act 19882 shall cease to exist.

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

David Lock

Parliamentary Secretary,

Lord Chancellor’s Department

27th February 2001

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the abolition of the Legal Aid Board, which was established under the Legal Aid Act 1988.