The Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made new provision for the administration of, and revised the law relating to, legal aid, advice and assistance in England and Wales. The act established the Legal Aid Board to oversee the administration of legal aid in place of the Law Society, and restructured the provision of legal aid under a framework covering advice and assistance, civil legal aid, and criminal legal aid.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 45(2) of the act repealed 29 enactments, listed in schedule 6 to the act.
+Enactments repealed by section 45(2)CitationShort titleExtent of repeal1967 c. 80Criminal Justice Act 1967Section 90.1974 c. 4Legal Aid Act 1974The whole act.1974 c. 47Solicitors Act 1974Section 75(d).In schedule 3, paragraph 10.1975 c. 72Children Act 1975Section 65.In schedule 3, paragraph 82.1976 c. 36Adoption Act 1976In schedule 3, paragraph 18.1976 c. 63Bail Act 1976Section 11.1976 c. 71Supplementary Benefits Act 1976In schedule 7, paragraphs 33 and 35.1977 c. 38Administration of Justice Act 1977In schedule 1, part I.1977 c. 45Criminal Law Act 1977In schedule 12, the entry relating to the Legal Aid Act 1974.1978 c. 22Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978In schedule 2, paragraphs 45 and 52.1979 c. 26Legal Aid Act 1979The whole act.1979 c. 55Justices of the Peace Act 1979In schedule 2, paragraph 27.1980 c. 5Child Care Act 1980In schedule 5, paragraph 36.1980 c. 30Social Security Act 1980In schedule 4, paragraph 9.1980 c. 43Magistrates' Courts Act 1980In schedule 7, paragraphs 126 to 129.1981 c. 49Contempt of Court Act 1981Section 13.In schedule 2, part I.1982 c. 27Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982Section 40(1).1982 c. 44Legal Aid Act 1982The whole act.1982 c. 48Criminal Justice Act 1982Section 25(2).Section 29(3).Section 60(4).1983 c. 41Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983In schedule 1, paragraph 3.1984 c. 42Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984In schedule 1, paragraph 18.1984 c. 60Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984Section 59.1985 c. 23Prosecution of Offences Act 1985Section 16(8).In section 19(2)(b), the words "(including any legal aid order)".In section 21(1), the definition of "legal aid order".1985 c. 61Administration of Justice Act 1985Sections 45 and 46.In schedule 7, paragraphs 1 to 3.1986 c. 28Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 1986Section 3(3).1986 c. 47Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986In section 4(2)(c), the words "for the purposes of this Act".In section 16, subsection (1) and, in subsection (2), the words "in this section and".In section 17, subsections (3) to (8).Section 18(1).In section 32(a), the words ", out of the Fund".In schedule 1, paragraph 2(4).1986 c. 50Social Security Act 1986In schedule 10, paragraphs 46, 47 and 56.1986 c. 55Family Law Act 1986Section 64.1987 c. 38Criminal Justice Act 1987In schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.
Subsequent developments The whole act, except section 33, schedule 4 and part of schedule 5, was repealed by section 106 of, and schedule 15 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999, which came into force on 1 April 2000.
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