{"id":318,"date":"2006-07-03T21:19:46","date_gmt":"2006-07-03T21:19:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2006-07-03T21:19:46","modified_gmt":"2006-07-03T21:19:46","slug":"changes-to-magistrates-courts-legal-aid-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"Changes to Magistrates&#8217; Courts legal aid scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opsi.gov.uk\/si\/si2006\/draft\/20064737.htm\">The Criminal Defence Service (Financial Eligibility) Regulations 2006 <\/a>set out the criteria relating to financial eligibility which must be satisfied before individuals involved in criminal proceedings in a magistrates&#8217; court may receive publicly funded representation.<br \/> From<strong> 2nd October 2006<\/strong> legal aid will automatically be given to individuals who are<br \/> on certain benefits e.g. income support, or <br \/>those under 16, or <br \/>those under 18 and in full-time education. <\/p>\n<p>An individual will have to make contributions towards a Representation Order if his gross income is between \u00a311,590 and \u00a320,740 (after deductions). Those receiving over \u00a320,740 are not eligible for assistance. <\/p>\n<p>Calculations and awards will no longer be made by the Magistrates&#8217; Court but by the <strong>Legal Services Commission<\/strong> by virtue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opsi.gov.uk\/si\/si2006\/draft\/20064740.htm\">The Criminal Defence Service (Representation Orders and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006<\/a>. Very high cost cases may still attract state funding for individuals outside the earnings limit and can be referred to the High Court for its decision. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Criminal Defence Service (Financial Eligibility) Regulations 2006 set out the criteria relating to financial eligibility which must be satisfied before individuals involved in criminal proceedings in a magistrates&#8217; court may receive publicly funded representation. From 2nd October 2006 legal aid will automatically be given to individuals who are on certain benefits e.g. income support, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}