Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (General) (No.2) Regulations 20013.

(1)

The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No.2) Regulations 20019 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 5 (advice and assistance – financial eligibility)—

(a)

in paragraph (8)(g), after “2012” insert “or Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015”, and

(b)

in paragraph (9), after “support allowance” insert “or universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 or Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015”.

(3)

In paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 1 (assessment of resources)—

(a)

at the end of paragraph (f), after “2012” insert “or Part 5 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015”, and

(b)

after paragraph (f) insert—

“(g)

payments made under Part 2 or 3 of the Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations 2013 or Part 2 or 3 of the Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016; and

(h)

payments made under regulation 17 of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 or regulation 17 of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.”.