Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 779
LEGAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Legal Aid Board (Abolition) Order 2001
Made
27th February 2001
Coming into force
2nd April 2001
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 7 of Schedule 14 to the Access to Justice Act 1999( 1 ), being satisfied that the duties of the Legal Aid Board under paragraph 6 of that Schedule have been discharged, makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Legal Aid Board (Abolition) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd April 2001.
Abolition of the Legal Aid Board
2. The Legal Aid Board established under section 3 of the Legal Aid Act 1988( 2 ) shall cease to exist.
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
David Lock
Parliamentary Secretary,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
27th February 2001