Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

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39(1)Section 31B of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (advocates and litigators employed by Legal Services Commission) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In the heading of the section for “Legal Services Commission” substitute “ Lord Chancellor ”.

(3)In subsection (1) for paragraph (b) substitute—

(b)is employed by the Lord Chancellor, or by any body established and maintained by the Lord Chancellor, under arrangements made for the purposes of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.