Regulation 17: Deprivation or conversion of resources

The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013 · S.I. 2013/480View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Determinations in respect of an individual's financial resources — CHAPTER 2: Making a determination in respect of an individual's financial resources

If it appears to the Director that the individual, or any person whose resources are to be treated as the individual's resources in accordance with regulation 16, has, with intent to reduce the amount of their disposable income or disposable capital, whether for the purpose of making the individual eligible to receive civil legal services, ... or otherwise—

directly or indirectly deprived themselves of any resources;
transferred any resources to another person; or
converted any part of their resources into resources which under these Regulations are to be wholly or partly disregarded,

those resources must be treated as part of the individual's resources or as not so converted as the case may be.

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