EFIS 51, September 2006 : Legal Aid

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CLSAPP1 and CLSAPP3 have been amended to include options for civil partner, client password and a Data Protection Act statement. CWORK1 has been amended to include references to NASS payments for immigration cases and CMRF has been altered to clarify the inclusion of VAT. These forms can be used on receipt.

On 10th August, the Legal Services Commission notified all General Criminal Contract holders of an amendment to their contract which will come into force on 2nd October.

On 2nd October, the Criminal Defence Service Act 2006 will reintroduce means testing for criminal legal aid in the Magistrates� Courts.

CDS14, CDS15, CDS16 and CDS17 are four new forms which the Legal Services Commission has drafted to facilitate applications for legal aid in the Magistrates� Court. These forms replace CRIM_A in your range which is the Application for the Right to Representation in Criminal Proceedings. CDS14, CDS15, CDS16 and CDS17 must be used from 2nd October, whilst CRIM_A must be deleted accordingly.

From November, the Legal Services Commission will begin to collect equal opportunities data for all clients funded under the General Criminal Contract. Information on gender, ethnicity and disability will also be collected.

CDS1 has been amended to add a box for civil partner, collect information on gender, update the definition of disability and enhance the Data Protection Act statement. CDS1 must be used from 1st November.

Both CDS6 and CDS7 have been amended to add fields for the collection of equal opportunities monitoring data.

The revised CDS6 form must be used for the November 2006 submission to Process Centres which is made in December. The amended CDS7 form must be used for all claims signed and dated on or after 1st November 2006.

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Forms affected

CRIM_A	Application for Right to Representation in Criminal Proceedings	Withdrawn
CLSCM1(EXTRAPG4)	CLSCLAIM1 with 10 additional page 4s	New/Amended
CDS14	Application for Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings	New/Amended
CDS15	Financial Statement for Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings	New/Amended
CWORK1	Legal Help and Help at Court	New/Amended
CDS16	Application for review on the grounds of hardship	New/Amended
CDS17	Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings: Statement of truth	New/Amended
CMRF	Consolidated matter report form	New/Amended
CLSAPP1	Application for CLS funding certificate	New/Amended
CLSAPP3	Application for funding in Family Proceedings	New/Amended
CDS1	Client's details form	New/Amended
CDS6	Contract Work Report Form	New/Amended
CDS7	Non-standard fee contract work assessment form	New/Amended

Crown copyright forms are reproduced with the permission of the Controller of the Stationery Office. Law Society forms are reproduced with the permission of the Law Society. Legal Aid Forms are produced with the permission of the LSC.