Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 8
Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales
The Criminal Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Made
6th January 2020
Laid before Parliament
7th January 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Lord Chancellor, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(h), 41(l)(a) and (b) and 41(2)(a) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 20th January 2020.
Amendment to the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013
2. After regulation 9(uc) (criminal proceedings) of the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013( 2 ) insert—
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“ “(ud) proceedings under sections 1, 4, 5 and 7 of the Stalking Protection Act 2019 ( 3 ) in relation to stalking protection orders and interim stalking protection orders, and”. ”
Wendy Morton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
6th January 2020
2012 c. 10 ; section 42(1) provides that in Part 1 of that Act “regulations” means regulations made by the Lord Chancellor and “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations (except in Schedule 6).
S.I. 2013/9 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/472 , 2015/326 , 2015/838 , 2015/1416 . Paragraph (uc) is prospectively inserted by section 32(2) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17) .