S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2020 No. 439  LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES  The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations  2020  Made - - - - 17th April 2020  Laid before Parliament 21st April 2020  Coming into force - - 15th May 2020  The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections  12(2), (3)(a), (b), (e) and (g) and 41(1) to (3) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of  Offenders Act 2012( a ).  1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations  2020 and come into force on the 15th May 2020.  2.  In these Regulations, “the Procedure Regulations” means the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure)  Regulations 2012( b ).  Citation, commencement and interpretation  Amendment of the Procedure Regulations  3.  The Procedure Regulations are amended as follows.  4.  In regulation 2 (Interpretation) omit the definition of “face-to-face provider”.  5.  Part 2 (Gateway Work) is revoked.  6.  In regulation 23 (The application), after paragraph (1B), insert—  “(1C) Where—  (a) an application is made for legal help in relation to any matter described in  paragraph 41 (inquests) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, and  (b) the Director has disapplied the financial eligibility limits in respect of that  application in accordance with regulation 10(1) of the Civil Legal Aid (Financial  Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013( c ),  7.  For regulation 61 (The application) substitute—  the Director may specify that the determination is to be treated as having effect from a date  earlier than the date of the determination.”.  ( b ) S.I. 2012/3098  ( c ) S.I. 2013/753  ( a ) 2012 c.10 