Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 666

The Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1988

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1988 No. 666

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1988

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1, 20 and 25 of the Legal Aid Act 1974^[1] , hereby makes the following Regulations:—

    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 11th April 1988.

    (2)  In these Regulations,"the Act" means the Legal Aid Act 1974.

    (3)  The Regulations specified in the first column of the Schedule shall be revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

    2.    For the weekly sum of £118 specified in section 1(1)(a) of the Act, there shall be substituted the weekly sum of £122.

    3.    For the capital sum of £825 specified in section 1(1) of the Act, there shall be substituted the sum of £850, except in relation to assistance by way of representation (for which the sum remains £3,000^[2] ).

Mackay of Clashfern,
C.

Dated 8th March 1988

[1] 1974 c. 4; section 1 was amended by the Legal Aid Act 1979 (c. 26), Schedule 1, paragraph 9, by the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61), section 45, by the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Schedule 10, paragraph 46 and by S.I. 1986/643 and 1987/627; section 20 was amended by the Legal Aid Act 1979 (c. 26), section 4(2), by the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27), section 40(1) and by the Legal Aid Act 1982 (c. 44), sections 1, 16; section 25 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word"regulations" . back

[2] S.I. 1986/643. back

Explanatory Note