The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Interpretation and General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Delegation

3. PART 2 Determinations in respect of an individual’s financial resources

   1. CHAPTER 1 Financial eligibility limits and waivers

      1. 4. Determination in respect of an individual’s financial resources

      2. 5. Exceptions from requirement to make a determination in respect of an individual’s financial resources

      3. 6. Individuals in receipt of certain support

      4. 7. Financial eligibility limit – gross income

      5. 8. Financial eligibility limit – disposable income and disposable capital

      6. 9. Waiver of eligibility limit in multi-party actions of significant wider public interest

      7. 10. Waiver of eligibility limits and contributions in inquests

      8. 11. Waiver of eligibility limit and contributions in cross-border disputes

      9. 12. Waiver of eligibility limit in proceedings relating to domestic violence and forced marriage

   2. CHAPTER 2 Making a determination in respect of an individual’s financial resources

      1. 13. Provision of information

      2. 14. Calculations

      3. 15. Application in representative, fiduciary or official capacity

      4. 16. Resources to be treated as the individual’s resources

      5. 17. Deprivation or conversion of resources

      6. 18. Duty to report change in financial circumstances

      7. 19. Amendment of determination due to error or receipt of new information

      8. 20. Further determinations

   3. CHAPTER 3 Calculation of income

      1. 21. Calculation of income

      2. 22. Calculation of income from trade, business or gainful employment

      3. 23. Deductions for income tax and national insurance contributions

      4. 24. Payments to be disregarded from calculation of disposable income or gross income

      5. 25. Deductions in respect of a partner and dependants of the individual

      6. 26. Deduction in respect of maintenance

      7. 27. Deductions in respect of employment expenses and child care costs

      8. 28. Deductions in respect of rent or cost of living accommodation

      9. 29. Deductions in respect of contribution orders

   4. CHAPTER 4 Calculation of capital

      1. 30. Calculating disposable capital

      2. 31. Value of resource of a capital nature

      3. 32. Value of any money due

      4. 33. Value of life insurance etc

      5. 34. Exclusions from disposable capital

      6. 35. Interest in common property

      7. 36. Value of the business etc

      8. 37. Interest in land

      9. 38. Subject matter of the dispute disregard

      10. 39. Amount of interest in dwellings to be disregarded

      11. 40. Certain payments to be disregarded

      12. 41. Disregards for individuals aged 60 or over

      13. 42. Discretion to disregard interim payments

      14. 43. Discretion to disregard restrained assets

4. PART 3 Payment for services

   1. 44. Contributions

   2. 45. Contributions where more than one certificate in force

   3. 46. Repayment of excess contributions

   4. 47. Consequences of revocation

5. Signature

6. Explanatory Note