Assessment of resources
- Provide financial information to assess legal aid eligibility
UK Statutory Instrument
2000
United Kingdom
The Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000
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The supplier shall not provide any funded services to the...
- Do not provide funded services before client resource assessment
Where the assessing authority is the supplier, any question arising...
- Supplier must decide financial-assessment questions following Commission guidance
Duty to report change in financial circumstances
- Report changes in your financial circumstances to the Legal Services Commission
Where the Commission has revoked a certificate in accordance with...
- Repay legal aid costs if your certificate is revoked
Payment and recovery of interest
- Client must pay 8% interest on outstanding statutory charge
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Financial eligibility
(1) Subject to regulation 3, the assessing authority to which...
(1) This regulation has effect subject to regulations 3 and...
(1) The assessing authority shall: (a) subject to regulation 4(2),...
Application in representative, fiduciary or official capacity
Resources of other persons
Deprivation or conversion of resources
Amendment of assessment due to error or receipt of new information
Further assessments
Calculation of income
(1) The income from a trade, business or gainful occupation...
(1) For the purposes of this regulation, “national insurance contributions”...
In calculating the disposable income of the person concerned, the...
(1) For the purposes of this regulation, “the Schedule” means...
Where the person concerned is making and, thoughout such period...
Where eligibility is being assessed under regulation 5(6), in calculating...
(1) This regulation applies only where eligibility is being assessed...
(1) This regulation applies only where eligibility is being assessed...
Calculation of capital
Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, in calculating the...
In so far as any resource of a capital nature...
Where money is due to the person concerned, whether it...
The value to the person concerned of any life insurance...
Other than in circumstances which are exceptional having regard in...
(1) Where eligibility is being assessed under regulation 5(6), paragraphs...
(1) In calculating the disposable capital of the person concerned,...
In calculating the disposable capital of the person concerned, there...
Where eligibility is being assessed under regulation 5(2), (3), or...
(1) Where eligibility is being assessed under regulation 5(6), the...
Where eligibility is being assessed under regulation 5(6), and under...
Where eligibility is being assessed under regulation 5(6), in calculating...
Contributions
Where more than one certificate is in force in respect...
(1) Where a certificate has been discharged or revoked and...
Calculation of the statutory charge
(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), where any money...
Exemptions from the statutory charge
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the statutory charge shall be...
Supplier’s authority to waive statutory charge
Waiver of charge in case of wider public interest
Application of regulations 49 to 53
Operation of statutory charge where certificate revoked or discharged
Operation of statutory charge on money in court
Enforcement of statutory charge
(1) The Commission may postpone the enforcement of the statutory...
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