The Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Transitional provision

7.—(1) The amendment made by regulation 2(3)(a) does not apply to an application for civil legal services that is made before 17th July 2015.

(2) For the purpose of this regulation, an application is to be treated as being made before 17th July 2015 if the application is—

(a) for Controlled Work and the application is signed and dated before 17th July 2015;

(b) for Licensed Work or an exceptional case determination under section 10 of the Act, other than an application for emergency representation, and the application is—

(i) signed and dated before 17th July 2015 and received by the Director by 5.00 pm on 24th July 2015; or

(ii) submitted through the Client and Cost Management System before 17th July 2015, or

(c) for emergency representation and the application—

(i) results in a determination being made by a provider before 17th July 2015 and that determination is notified within five working days of the determination to the Director;

(ii) is emailed or faxed to, and received by, the Director before 17th July 2015, or

(iii) is submitted through the Client and Cost Management System before 17th July 2015.

(3) In this regulation—

“the Act” means the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012;

“Client and Cost Management System” means the client and cost management system used by the Director in relation to applications for civil legal services;

“Controlled Work” has the meaning given in regulation 21(2) of the Procedure Regulations;

“emergency representation” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Procedure Regulations;

“Licensed Work” has the meaning given in regulation 29(2) of the Procedure Regulations;

“Procedure Regulations” means the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012;

“provider” means a person who provides civil legal services under Part 1 (legal aid) of the Act;

“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, or a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1).

(1)

1971 c. 80.