Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

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Publication 2002-02-22
State In force
Jurisdiction Northern Ireland
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Made: 22nd February 2002

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation: 8th April 2002

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 7(2), 22 and 27 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[^f00001] and now vested in him[^f00002], hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th April 2002.

Revocation

2

The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001[^f00003] are hereby revoked.

Amendment to Schedule 2

3

For the table set out in Schedule 2 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981[^f00004] there shall be substituted the following table—

Disposable Income Range Maximum Contribution
Exceeding £80 but not exceeding £87 a week £7
Exceeding £87 but not exceeding £94 a week £14
Exceeding £94 but not exceeding £101 a week £21
Exceeding £101 but not exceeding £108 a week £28
Exceeding £108 but not exceeding £115 a week £35
Exceeding £115 but not exceeding £122 a week £42
Exceeding £122 but not exceeding £129 a week £49
Exceeding £129 but not exceeding £136 a week £56
Exceeding £136 but not exceeding £143 a week £63
Exceeding £143 but not exceeding £150 a week £70
Exceeding £150 but not exceeding £157 a week £77
Exceeding £157 but not exceeding £164 a week £84
Exceeding £164 but not exceeding £171 a week £91
Exceeding £171 but not exceeding £178 a week £98
Exceeding £178 but not exceeding £185 a week £105
Exceeding £185 but not exceeding £189 a week £107

Signed

Irvine of Lairg, C. — Dated 22nd February, 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 so as to substitute a new scale of contributions payable for legal advice and assistance under Article 7(2) of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8); Article 27 is an interpretation provision and is recited because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”

[^f00002]: S.I. 1982/159

[^f00003]: S.R. 2001 No. 113

[^f00004]: S.R. 1981 No. 366; to which the most recent relevant amendment was made by S.R. 2001 No. 113

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