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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2006 No. 1939

ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND

LEGAL AID

The Church of England (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Rules 2006

  Made by the Archbishops' Council 15th June 2006 
  Approved by the General Synod 7th July 2006 
  Laid before Parliament 25th July 2006 
  Coming into force 1st August 2006 

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Church of England (Legal Aid) Measure 1994[1], as amended[2], the Archbishops' Council hereby makes the following Rules—

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1. —(1) These Rules may be cited as the Church of England (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Rules 2006 and shall come into force on 1st August 2006.

    (2) In these Rules "the 1995 Rules" means the Church of England (Legal Aid) Rules 1995[3].

Interim certificates
     2. In rule 10 of the 1995 Rules, there shall be added, at the end, the following paragraph—

Determination of applications for legal aid
     3. In rule 11(4) of the 1995 Rules, for the words following the words "legal aid" to the end, there shall be substituted the words "together with a statement of the reasons for the decision".

Power to discharge or revoke certificates
     4. In rule 15(7) of the 1995 Rules, for the word "but" there shall be substituted the word "and" and for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—



These Rules were made by the Archbishops' Council on


15th June 2006


William Fittall
Secretary General

Church House, London

These Rules were approved by the General Synod on


7th July 2006


David Williams
Clerk to the Synod

Church House, London

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


These Rules amend the Church of England (Legal Aid) Rules 1995. Rule 2 enables the deputy (if any) of the Secretary to the Legal Aid Commission to issue interim certificates of legal aid on behalf of the Commission.

Rules 3 and 4, respectively, provide for a statement of reasons to be given for the Commission's decision on an application for legal aid and for a decision to discharge or revoke a legal aid certificate to the applicant or assisted person (unless, in the case of an assisted person, the certificate has been discharged as a result of that person's death) and to the solicitor of the applicant or assisted person.

Notes:

 [1] 1994 No.3.back

[2] S.I. 1998/1715.back

[3] S.I. 1995/2034.back


ISBN 0 11 074872 7


 © Crown copyright 2006

Prepared 25 July 2006

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