The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2003

Made25th March 2003

Laid before Parliament25th March 2003

Coming into force15th April 2003

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 6(4) of the Access to Justice Act 19991, having had regard to the matters specified in section 25(3) and having consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society, makes the following Order:

1.

This Order may be cited as the Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 15th April 2003.

2.

In this Order a reference to an article by number alone means an article so numbered in the Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 20002

3. (1)

At the end of article 5(1)(d), omit “or”.

(2)

After article 5(1)(e) insert—

“; or
(a)
as part of the fast track asylum decision and appeals process pilot”.

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Scotland of Asthal,

Parliamentary Secretary

Lord Chancellor's Department

25th March 2003

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/627) so as to disapply the Legal Help remuneration rates for the fast track asylum decision and appeals process pilot, which relates to appeals under the Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Fast Track Procedure) Rules 2003.