Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Financial Eligibility) Regulations 20064.

(1)

The Criminal Defence Service (Financial Eligibility) Regulations 200610 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “gross annual income”—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (e), after “payments” insert “or payments made by or under the Welsh Independent Living Grant”;

(b)

at the end of sub-paragraph (g) omit “and”;

(c)

after sub-paragraph (g)—

(i)

omit sub-paragraph (f), and

(ii)

insert—
  1. “(a)
    any personal independence payment paid under Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 201211 or Part 5 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;
  2. (b)

    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

  3. (c)

    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.”.

(3)

In regulation 5(4) (assessment by representation authority), at the end of sub-paragraph (e) insert “or Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015”.