The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1993
These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989.They abolish contributory advice and assistance except for ABWOR.Where contributions to ABWOR are payable, the fraction of disposable income which is payable is increased from one quarter to one third and liability to contribute will continue throughout the period in which ABWOR is given.The limit for free advice and assistance and the disregards of certain benefits are aligned with those which apply in civil legal aid.The deduction made where an assisted person has a spouse is the difference between the income support allowance for a couple and the allowance which would have been payable to a single person aged 25 or over. A deduction is also made where an allowance is paid for a dependant child or relative.