The Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Resources) Regulations 2013

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Delegation

    4. 4.Deprivation of resources

  3. PART 2 Advice and assistance

    1. 5.Advice and assistance: exceptions from requirement to make a determination in respect of an individual’s financial resources

    2. 6.Disposable income and disposable capital

    3. 7.Advocacy assistance for individuals in prison

    4. 8.Other advice and assistance

    5. 9.Resources of a partner

    6. 10.Resources of a maintaining adult

    7. 11.Disposable income: deductions

    8. 12.Disposable income: deductions for maintenance

    9. 13.Disposable capital: deductions

    10. 14.Deemed eligibility: qualifying benefits

    11. 15.Reassessment

  4. PART 3 Representation

    1. 16.Interpretation of Part 3

    2. 17.Representation for criminal proceedings: exceptions from requirement to make a determination in respect of an individual’s financial resources

    3. 18.Financial eligibility for representation

    4. 19.Resources to be treated as the individual’s resources

    5. 20.Assessment of resources: gross annual income

    6. 21.Assessment of resources: annual disposable income

    7. 22.Deemed eligibility: children

    8. 23.Deemed eligibility: qualifying benefits

    9. 24.Reassessment of financial resources

    10. 25.Furnishing evidence

    11. 26.Duty to report change in financial circumstances

    12. 27.Renewal of application

    13. 28.Review of decision

    14. 29.Withdrawal of a determination

  5. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      1. 1.In this Schedule, the relevant sum is calculated by adding...

      2. 2.For the purpose of regulation 20(3), the Director must calculate...

      3. 3.For the purpose of regulation 21(2)(g)(ii), the Director must calculate...

  7. Explanatory Note