
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 6th April 1992.
2 
In these Regulations a regulation or Schedule referred to by number means a regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989.
3 
In regulation 3 after the definition of “Court of Appeal” there shall be inserted the following new definitions—“
 “disability living allowance” means a disability living allowance under section 37ZA of the Social Security Act 1975;
 “disability working allowance” means a disability working allowance under section 20(6A) of the Social Security Act 1986;”.
4 
For regulation 4 there shall be substituted the following new regulation:—“
4 
Forms 1 and 5 in Schedule 2 shall be used where applicable and the remaining forms in Schedule 2, or forms to the like effect, may be used with such variations as the circumstances may require.”.
5 
In regulation 26(3)(c) and regulation 37(1)(a), in paragraphs 2 and 6 of Form 5 in Schedule 2 and in paragraph 16(b)(ii) of Schedule 3 for the words “or family credit” there shall be substituted in each place the words “, family credit or disability working allowance”.
6 
In Schedule 2—
(a) in paragraph 2(1)(b) of Form 5 for the words “The Income Support” there shall be substituted the word “Your”;
(b) for Part Two of Form 6 in Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the following:—“”;
(c) in relation to proceedings commenced on or after 14th October 1991, Form 16 shall be omitted.
7 
In Schedule 3—
(a) for paragraph 6(b) there shall be substituted the following new sub-paragraph—“
(b) disability living allowance;”;
(b) in paragraph 16(a) after “1975” there shall be inserted the words “or disability living allowance” and at the end of the paragraph there shall be inserted the words “or his disability”;
(c) at the end of paragraph 16(b)(i) there shall be inserted the words “or disability living allowance”.
8 
In Schedule 4—
(a) for the table there shall be substituted the following new table:—“

Average Weekly Disposable Income Weekly Contribution
Exceeding £65 but not exceeding £69 £2
Exceeding £69 but not exceeding £73 £3
Exceeding £73 but not exceeding £77 £4
Exceeding £77 but not exceeding £81 £5
Exceeding £81 but not exceeding £85 £6
Exceeding £85 but not exceeding £89 £7”;
(b) for the figure “£85” below the table there shall be substituted the figure “£89”.
Mackay of Clashfern, C.
11th March 1992We consent,
Irvine Patnick
Sydney Chapman
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
12th March 1992