Amendments to the Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013
4.—(1) The Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) insert at the appropriate places—
““the Windrush Compensation Scheme” means the scheme of that name launched on 3rd April 2019 and administered by the Home Office;”;
““Windrush connected payment” means a payment where—
an individual has made a claim under the Windrush Compensation Scheme;
a request included in that claim has been referred by the Home Office to another person; and
the payment is made to the individual by that other person as a result of that referral;”.
(3) In regulation 10(2) (calculation of gross annual income) after sub-paragraph (i) insert—
“(j)any payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme; and
(k)any Windrush connected payment.”.
(4) In regulation 28 (calculation of disposable specified capital)—
(a)in paragraph (3), insert at the beginning “Subject to paragraph (3B),”;
(b)after paragraph (3A), insert—
“(3B) In calculating the amount of an individual’s disposable specified capital, the Director must disregard—
(a)any payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme; and
(b)any Windrush connected payment.”.
S.I. 2013/483; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/643, 2015/710, 2015/838, 2016/211 and 2016/708.