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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000 which govern the financial aspects of the provision of services funded by the Legal Services Commission in civil and family matters.

The Regulations set out revised financial eligibility limits, which include a capital limit of £8,000 for all levels of service, other than for advocacy for certain immigration cases. The Regulations change the provisions regarding the aggregation of parents’ resources. Aggregation now applies to all services, including funding for advocacy in family proceedings but not to funding for advocacy for other proceedings.

These Regulations increase the financial eligibility limits for monthly and disposable income.

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.