PART 2 U.K.Immigration and Nationality

Chapter 1U.K.Amendment of primary legislation

Amendment of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012U.K.

20.  In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 M1 (services), in paragraph 30 (immigration: rights to enter and remain)—

(a)for sub-paragraph (1), substitute—

(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to rights to enter, and to remain in, the United Kingdom which—

(a)arise from—

(i)the Refugee Convention; or

(ii)Article 2 or 3 of the Human Rights Convention; or

(b)are conferred by—

(i)immigration rules, insofar as they implemented the Qualification Directive; or

(ii)any other provision of retained EU law which implemented the Qualification Directive.;

(b)in sub-paragraph (4)—

(i)after the definition of “the Human Rights Convention”, insert—

immigration rules” has the meaning given by section 33(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 M2;;

(ii)omit the definition of “the Temporary Protection Directive”.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 20 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M12012 c. 10. There have been amendments to Schedule 1 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

M21971 c. 77. There have been amendments to section 33(1) which are not relevant to these Regulations.