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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid, Community Legal Service and Criminal Defence Service (Amendment) Regulations 2015.
(2) These Regulations come into force for the purposes of Regulation 7 on 24th March 2015 and for all other purposes on 13th April 2015.
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In the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000—
(a) in regulation 19, for paragraph (b) substitute—“
(b) any direct payments made under sections 31 to 33 of the Care Act 2014 (direct payments) or under regulations made under section 17A of the Children Act 1989 (direct payments), section 57(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (direct payments) or section 49(3) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (personal budgets and direct payments);”;
(b) in regulation 33(b), after “regulations made under” insert “section 49(3) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (personal budgets and direct payments) or”.
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In paragraph 8(1)(d) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) Regulations 2001, after “regulations made under” insert “section 17A of the Children Act 1989 (direct payments), section 49(3) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (personal budgets and direct payments) or”.
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In the definition of “gross annual income” in regulation 2(1) of the Criminal Defence Service (Financial Eligibility) Regulations 2006, for paragraph (b) substitute—“
(b) any direct payments made under sections 31 to 33 of the Care Act 2014 (direct payments) or under regulations made under section 17A of the Children Act 1989 (direct payments), section 57(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (direct payments) or section 49(3) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (personal budgets and direct payments);”.
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In the table in regulation 2 of the Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) (Prescribed Benefits) Regulations 2009, for the entry—“
Any direct payment The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2004 ”substitute, in the first, second and third columns respectively—“
Any direct payment Regulations under the Children Act 1989 Section 17A
Any direct payment The Care Act 2014 Sections 31 to 33
Any direct payment Regulations under the Children and Families Act 2014 Section 49(3)”.
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In the definition of “gross annual income” in regulation 2(1) of the Criminal Defence Service (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2009, for paragraph (b) substitute—“
(b) any direct payments made under sections 31 to 33 of the Care Act 2014 (direct payments) or under regulations made under section 17A of the Children Act 1989 (direct payments), section 57(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (direct payments) or section 49(3) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (personal budgets and direct payments);”.
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In regulation 9 of the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013, after paragraph (j) insert—“
(ja) proceedings in a youth court (or on appeal from such a court) in relation to the breach or potential breach of a provision of an injunction under Part 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 where the person who is subject to the injunction is aged under 14;”.
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In regulations 11(3)(f), 20(2)(e) and 33(2)(e) of the Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Resources) Regulations 2013, after “regulations made under” insert “section 49(3) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (personal budgets and direct payments),”.
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In the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013—
(a) in regulation 24(1)(g), after “regulations made under” insert “section 49(3) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (personal budgets and direct payments),”;
(b) in regulation 40(b)(ii), after “regulations made under” insert “section 17A of the Children Act 1989 (direct payments), section 49(3) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (personal budgets and direct payments) or”.
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In regulation 10(2)(e) of the Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013, after “regulations made under” insert “section 49(3) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (personal budgets and direct payments),”.
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Shailesh Vara
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
23rd March 2015