Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 141
Legal Services Commission, England And Wales
The Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) (Prescribed Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Made
26th January 2010
Laid before Parliament
28th January 2010
Coming into force
1st March 2010
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26 of, and paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 3 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) (Prescribed Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 1st March 2010.
Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) (Prescribed Benefits) Regulations 2009
2.The Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) (Prescribed Benefits) Regulations 2009( 2 ) are amended as follows.
3. In regulation 1(3) for “paragraph 2A of Schedule 3 to” substitute “section 17A( 3 ) of, or, as the case may be, paragraph 2A of Schedule 3 to,”.
4. After regulation 2 insert—
“ 2A. The benefits prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 6(3)(ca) of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Act ( 4 ) are—
(a) child benefit under section 141 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ( 5 ) ;
(b) child tax credit under Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 ( 6 ) ;
(c) working tax credit under Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;
(d) statutory sick pay under Part XI of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. ” .
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Bach
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
26th January 2010
1999 c. 22 . Section 26, which was amended by section 2(6) of the Criminal Defence Service Act 2006 (c. 9) , contains definitions of “regulations”, “relevant authority” and “prescribed”. The reference to the Lord Chancellor in the definition of “regulations” was changed to the Secretary of State by S.I. 2003/1887 and changed back to the Lord Chancellor by S.I. 2005/3429 . Paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 was inserted by section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4) and amended by section 151 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25) .
Section 17A was inserted by section 3(3) of the Criminal Defence Service Act 2006 and amended by section 151 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
Paragraph 6(3)(ca) was inserted by section 151 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.