Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 20132

1

The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 20132 are amended as follows.

2

After regulation 24(2) (payments to be disregarded from calculation of disposable income or gross income) insert—

3

In calculating the disposable income or the gross income of the individual, the Director may disregard any payment that meets all of the following conditions—

a

the payment was made to an individual who is a victim of the fire at Grenfell Tower;

b

the payment was made to that individual because the individual is a victim of the fire at Grenfell Tower, and

c

the payment was not made directly to the individual by an individual known personally to the individual.

4

In this regulation—

  • “fire at Grenfell Tower” means the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14th June 2017;

  • “Grenfell Tower” means Grenfell Tower, Grenfell Road, London, W11 1TG;

  • “victim of the fire at Grenfell Tower” means an individual who is any one or more of the following—

    1. a

      an individual living in Grenfell Tower on 14th June 2017;

    2. b

      an individual present in Grenfell Tower on 14th June 2017 at the time of the fire at Grenfell Tower;

    3. c

      an individual who was injured in, or as a result of, the fire at Grenfell Tower;

    4. d

      an individual living in a building in the immediate vicinity of Grenfell Tower that was evacuated as a result of the fire at Grenfell Tower;

    5. e

      a member of the family of an individual who died in the fire at Grenfell Tower or is missing in the fire at Grenfell Tower (and an individual is a member of the family of such an individual if the requirements of section 10(6) of the Act are met), or

    6. f

      a personal representative of an individual who died in the fire at Grenfell Tower.

3

Regulation 40 (certain payments to be disregarded)3 is renumbered as paragraph (1) of that regulation.

4

After regulation 40(1), as so renumbered, insert—

2

In calculating the disposable capital of the individual, the Director may disregard any payment that meets all of the following conditions—

a

the payment was made to an individual who is a victim of the fire at Grenfell Tower;

b

the payment was made to that individual because the individual is a victim of the fire at Grenfell Tower, and

c

the payment was not made directly to the individual by an individual known personally to the individual.

3

In this regulation, “fire at Grenfell Tower”; “Grenfell Tower”, and “victim of the fire at Grenfell Tower” have the same meaning as in regulation 24(4).