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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

4

198.

11

AMOUNTS NOT TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN COMPUTING MONTHLY DISPOSABLE INCOME

OLD RATE

NEW RATE

(1)

PERSON WITH NO DEPENDANT

$ 450

$

510

(11) PERSON AND FIRST TWO DEPENDANTS

$ 325 EACH

$

370 EACH

(111) THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH

DEPENDANTS

(IV) SIXTH, AND ADDITIONAL DEPENDANTS

$ 280 EACH IN ADDITION TO (1)

$ 215 EACH IN ADDITION TO (11) AND (ii)

315 EACH

IN ADDITION TO (11)

$ 245 EACH IN ADDITION TO (11) AND (11).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT SAID THE FINANCIAL CRITERIA FOR RECEIVING LEGAL AID ARE A MAXIMUM OF $15 000 DISPOSABLE CAPITAL AND $1 500 DISPOSABLE INCOME PER MONTH. THE DISPOSABLE CAPITAL AND DISPOSABLE INCOME ARE CALCULATED BY DEDUCTING FROM THE GROSS CAPITAL AND INCOME THE PRESCRIBED PERSONAL ALLOWANCES AND OTHER DEDUCTIONS. THE ABOVE REGULATIONS HAVE INCREASED THESE PERSONAL ALLOWANCES BY 13 PER CENT.

+THESE INCREASES ARE DESIGNED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT INFLATION SO THAT THOSE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN ABLE TO MEET THE DISPOSABLE CAPITAL AND INCOME LIMITS FOR LEGAL AID WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, NOTWITHSTANDING INCREASES IN THEIR EARNINGS DUE TO INCREASES IN THE COST OF LIVING,

+IT WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT AN APPLICANT WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY LIABLE TO PAY A CONTRIBUTION FROM INCOME OR CAPITAL WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY MORE, AND ANY APPLICANT WHO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR FREE LEGAL AID WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO ELIGIBLE, HE SAID.

TAXPAYERS REMINDED TO PAY IN TIME ****

TAXPAYERS ARE URGED BY THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TO CHECK THEIR DEMAND NOTES TO ENSURE THAT THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE TAX DUE IS PAID ON OR BEFORE THE SPECIFIED DUE DATE.

IF THE FIRST INSTALMENT IS NOT SO PAID, THE SECOND INSTALMENT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME DUE IMMEDIATELY. THIS WILL BE STRICTLY APPLIED AND PLEAS FOR OVERSIGHT WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID,

IN ADDITION