Power of appointment conferred by s. 47(2) partly exercised: S.I. 1988/1361, 1989/288

Power of appointment conferred by s. 47(3) partly exercised: S.I. 1988/1388

1974 c. 4.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/34/section/47/1991-08-21Legal Aid Act 1988An Act to make new provision for the administration of, and to revise the law relating to, legal aid, advice and assistance.1988-07-29texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2017-10-171991-08-21Part VIII Miscellaneous Supplementary
47 Short title, commencement and extent.1

This Act may be cited as the Legal Aid Act 1988.

2

Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, this Act shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor appoints by order and different days may be appointed for different provisions.

3

Section 44 and Schedule 4 shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State appoints by order and different days may be appointed for different provisions.

4

Sections 35 (together with the repeal of section 21 of the Legal Aid Act 1974) and 46 shall come into force on the date on which this Act is passed.

5

An order under subsection (2) or (3) above may contain such transitional and saving provisions as appear to the Lord Chancellor or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State necessary or expedient.

6

This Act, with the exception of sections 12(3) and 17(3), section 44 and Schedule 4 and the amendments or repeals of the enactments referred to in section 45(3), extends to England and Wales only and section 44 and Schedule 4 extend to Scotland only.

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