Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 265
Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales
The Civil Legal Aid (Preliminary Proceedings) Regulations 2013
Made
7th February 2013
Laid before Parliament
13th February 2013
Coming into force
1st April 2013
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. β(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Preliminary Proceedings) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st April 2013.
(2) In these Regulations βthe Actβ means the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Welfare Benefits
2. For the purposes of paragraph 5 of Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act, proceedings for permission to appeal in accordance with section 11(4)(a) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007( 3 ) are not to be regarded as preliminary to proceedings described in paragraph 8 (appeals relating to welfare benefits) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
McNally
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
7th February 2013
Section 42(1) provides that in Part 1 of the Act βregulationsβ means regulations made by the Lord Chancellor.