The Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013

Determination by the Director of liability to make a paymentE+W

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42.—(1) Where the Director calculates that an individual’s—

(a)gross annual income, adjusted under regulation 10(1)(b) where relevant, is £12,475 or less; or

(b)disposable annual income is £3,398 or less,

the individual is not liable to make a payment and the Director must notify the individual that the individual is not liable to make a payment.

(2) Where—

(a)the Director calculates that an individual’s disposable annual income exceeds £3,398; and

(b)the appeal is made against—

(i)conviction, or conviction and sentence, and that appeal is abandoned or dismissed;

(ii)sentence or an order, and that appeal is abandoned or dismissed; or

(iii)conviction and sentence, and the appeal against conviction is abandoned or dismissed but the appeal against sentence is allowed,

the Director must make a determination in accordance with paragraph (3).

(3) The Director must—

(a)make a determination that the individual is liable to make a payment of—

(i)£500, where paragraph (2)(b)(i) applies; or

(ii)£250, where paragraph (2)(b)(ii) or (iii) applies; and

(b)issue a contribution order recording the determination.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 42 in force at 1.4.2013, see reg. 1