Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Community Legal Service (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 1st October 2007.

(2) In these Regulations a reference to a regulation by number alone is a reference to the regulation so numbered in the Community Legal Service (Costs) Regulations 2000(2).

Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Costs) Regulations 2000

2.  In regulation 2—

(a) after the definition of “CPR” insert—

““Director” means any Director appointed by the Commission in accordance with the Funding Code and any other person authorised to act on his behalf, except a supplier;”;

(b) delete the definition of “Regional Director”.

3.  In regulations 10, 13, 20 and 23, in all places where it appears delete “Regional”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Community Legal Service (Costs) Regulations 2000 which govern the costs aspects of the provision of services funded by the Legal Services Commission.

These Regulations change the reference to those at the Legal Services Commission who are responsible for considering certain claims and applications. The changes are to reflect amendments to the Legal Services Commission Funding Code.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been made for this instrument, as it has no significant impact on the costs of businesses, charities or voluntary bodies.