39 Consequential and transitional provision
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (2012 c 10) | Legislation

39  Consequential and transitional provision

(1)     Schedule 5 (legal aid: consequential amendments) has effect.

(2)     Where the Lord Chancellor considers it appropriate as part of the arrangements for effecting the transition from the operation of Part 1 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 to the operation of this Part of this Act, the Lord Chancellor may by regulations make provision requiring or enabling prescribed 1999 Act services to be made available to individuals or other persons under this Part for a period specified or described in the regulations.

(3)     In subsection (2) “1999 Act services” means services which, immediately before the

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