The Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 U.K.

20.  In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 M1 (services), in paragraph 30 (immigration: rights to enter and remain)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to rights to enter, and to remain in, the United Kingdom which—

(a) arise from—

(i) the Refugee Convention; or

(ii) Article 2 or 3 of the Human Rights Convention; or

(b) are conferred by—

(i) immigration rules, insofar as they implemented the Qualification Directive; or

(ii) any other provision of retained EU law which implemented the Qualification Directive.”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (4)—

(i) after the definition of “the Human Rights Convention”, insert—

““immigration rules” has the meaning given by section 33(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 M2 ;”;

(ii) omit the definition of “the Temporary Protection Directive”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 20 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 2012 c. 10. There have been amendments to Schedule 1 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

M2 1971 c. 77. There have been amendments to section 33(1) which are not relevant to these Regulations.