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# 2020 No. 439 

# LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES 

The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 

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The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(2), (3)(a), (b), (e) and (g) and 41(1) to (3) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012( a ). 

## Citation, commencement and interpretation 

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on the 15th May 2020. 

2.  In these Regulations, “the Procedure Regulations” means the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012( b ). 

## Amendment of the Procedure Regulations 

3.  The Procedure Regulations are amended as follows. 

4.  In regulation 2 (Interpretation) omit the definition of “face-to-face provider”. 

5.  Part 2 (Gateway Work) is revoked. 

6.  In regulation 23 (The application), after paragraph (1B), insert— 

“(1C) Where— 

(a) an application is made for legal help in relation to any matter described in paragraph 41 (inquests) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, and 

(b) the Director has disapplied the financial eligibility limits in respect of that application in accordance with regulation 10(1) of the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013( c ), 

the Director may specify that the determination is to be treated as having effect from a date earlier than the date of the determination.”. 

7.  For regulation 61 (The application) substitute— 

