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Statutory Instruments

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 Regulations( 1 ) in 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 2012( 2 ).

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 2013( 3 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)( 4 )—

(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) 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) 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) at the end of the heading for Table 7 (Standard Fee)( 6 ) insert “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

(h)

the 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits); ” .

Sir Oliver Heald QC

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

7th October 2016

( 1 )

Section 41(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) provides that in Part 1 of that Act “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations and “regulations” means regulations made by the Lord Chancellor.

( 2 )

2012 c. 10 .

( 4 )

Amended by S.I. 2014/7 , 2014/1824 , 2015/325 and 2015/1678 . There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Amendments that were due to be made by S.I. 2015/1369 , as amended by S.I. 2015/2049 , were revoked by S.I. 2016/313 before they came into force.

( 5 )

Inserted by S.I. 2014/7 .

( 6 )

Inserted by S.I. 2014/7 .

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