8. After 31st March 2013, in relation to a pre-commencement case—
(a)any reference to the Community Legal Service Fund(1) in any enactment and in the Funding Code, authorisations, directions and guidance made under Part 1 of the 1999 Act must be construed as a reference to the Lord Chancellor or, in relation to costs payable out of the Community Legal Service Fund, as a reference to costs payable by the Lord Chancellor in relation to funded services provided under the Community Legal Service;
(b)in paragraph 6.4 of Section 6 of Part 1 of the Funding Code (Funding Code: Criteria) the reference to “Central Budget” must be construed as a reference to the Lord Chancellor;
(c)any reference in the Funding Code, orders, regulations, authorisations, directions and guidance made under Part 1 of the 1999 Act to an Independent Funding Adjudicator appointed by the Commission must be construed as if it were a reference to an independent funding adjudicator appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 2(1) of the Act (arrangements); and
(d)any reference in the Funding Code, orders, regulations, authorisations, directions and guidance made under Part 1 of the 1999 Act to the Special Controls Review Panel appointed by the Commission must be construed as if it were a reference to the special controls review panel appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 2(1) of the Act.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 8 in force at 1.4.2013, see reg. 1
Under section 5(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (repealed by S.I. 2013/453 (C. 19)), the Legal Services Commission was required to establish and maintain a fund known as the Community Legal Service Fund.