The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration and Statutory Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | SI 2016/983 |
Year | 2016 |
2016 No. 983
Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales
The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration and Statutory Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
Made 7th October 2016
Laid before Parliament 11th October 2016
Coming into force 1st November 2016
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations1in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(3), 25(3), 25(4)(c), 25(5)(c), 41(1)(a) and (b) and 41(3)(b) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 20122.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration and Statutory Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st November 2016.
Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013
2.—(1) The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 20133are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)4—
(a)
(a) in the definition of “the relevant contract”, for “or the 2015 Standard Civil Contract” substitute “, the 2015 Standard Civil Contract or the 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)”, and
(b)
(b) in the definition beginning “the 2010 Standard Civil Contract”—
(i) after ““the 2010 Standard Civil Contract”,” insert ““the 2010 Standard Crime Contract”,”, and
(ii) for “and “the 2015 Standard Civil Contract”” substitute “, “the 2015 Standard Civil Contract” and “the 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)””.
(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Civil Standard and Graduated Fees)—
(a)
(a) in paragraph 2A (Legal help and help at court)5, after “the 2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)” insert “or the 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)”, and
(b)
(b) at the end of the heading for Table 7 (Standard Fee)6insert “and 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)”.
Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Statutory Charge) Regulations 2013
3. In regulation 2(1) of the Civil Legal Aid (Statutory Charge) Regulations 2013 (interpretation)7, in the definition of “legal aid only costs”—
(a) in sub-paragraph (f) omit “or”, and
(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (g) insert—
“or
(a) the 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits);”.
Sir Oliver Heald QC
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
7th October 2016
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend two...
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