Statutory Instruments
1995 No. 797

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

Made
16th March 1995

Laid before Parliament
17th March 1995

Coming into force
10th April 1995

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), 16, 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988(1), and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation, commencement and transitional provisions

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 10th April 1995.

(2) These Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 10th April 1995 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force.

Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989

2.  Regulation 4 of the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989(2) shall be amended as follows:—

(a)in paragraph (2), “£7,187” shall be substituted for “£7,060”;

(b)in paragraph (3), “£7,920” shall be substituted for “£7,780”;

(c)in paragraph (4), “£2,425” shall be substituted for “£2,382”.

Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 14th March 1995

We consent,

Andrew Mitchell
Derek Conway
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 16th March 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989. The income limit for non–contributory civil legal aid is increased from £2,382 to £2,425. The upper income limit is increased from £7,060 to £7,187; for personal injury cases the upper income limit is increased from £7,780 to £7,920.


(1)
1988 c. 34; sections 15, 16, 34 and 43 were amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 17, paragraph 19 and Schedule 18, paragraphs 60, 61 and 63. Section 43 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “regulations”.

(2)
S.I. 1989/338; the relevant amending instruments are 1990/484, 1991/635, 1992/718, 1993/788 and 1994/806.