Replacement By Legal Aid Agency
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 made provision for the abolition of the LSC. The LSC will be replaced by the Legal Aid Agency, a new Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice, on 1 April 2013. The new agency will carry out a similar function to the LSC, although Executive Agency status differs from the LSC's current non-departmental public body status. Independence of decision-making within the Legal Aid Agency will be through the new post of a Director of Legal Aid Casework, who will have independence from the Lord Chancellor in applying directions and guidance to any individual funding decision. Matthew Coats is the Chief Executive Designate of the new Agency, and it is expected that he will also be appointed the Director of Legal Aid Casework.
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