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Legal Aid Act 1988

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Version Superseded: 02/04/2001

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Point in time view as at 01/04/2000. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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Legal Aid Act 1988, Section 3 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 29 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F13 The Legal Aid Board.E+W

(1)There shall be established a body to be known as the Legal Aid Board (in this Act referred to as “the Board ”).

(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, the Board shall have the general function of securing that advice, assistance [F2, mediation]and representation are available in accordance with this Act and of administering this Act.

(3)Subsection (2) above does not confer on the Board any functions with respect to the grant of representation under Part VI for the purposes of proceedings for contempt.

(4)Subsection (2) above does not confer on the Board any of the following functions unless the Lord Chancellor so directs by order and then only to the extent specified in the order.

The functions referred to are—

(a)determination of the costs of representation under Part IV;

(b)functions as respects representation under Part V other than determination of the costs of representation for the purposes of proceedings in magistrates’ courts;

F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)determination of the financial resources of persons for the purposes of this Act.

F1(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 3 repealed (1.4.2001 in relation to s. 3(5)-(10) and otherwiseprosp.) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 106, 108(1), Sch. 15 Pt. I (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2000/774, art. 2(c), Sch. (with transitional provisions in arts. 3-5)

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