# The Civil Legal Services (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

S.R. 2016/338 · made 19 September 2016

These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 by inserting new provisions to provide that civil legal services funding for representation under the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 is available without an assessment of an individual’s financial resources for proceedings under:Article 44 or 45 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989; andparagraph 29 or 36 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000.

Made under: Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (Article 13)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-services-financial-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/pdf/nisr_20160338_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-services-financial-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/pdf/nisrem_20160338_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Access To Justice
Made 19th September 2016
Coming into operation 11th October 2016
The Department of Justice makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 13 of the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 and now vested in it.

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Services (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on 11th October 2016.

## 2 Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

The Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 are amended as follows.

## 3 Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

In regulation 4(1)(k), for “.” substitute “;”.

## 4 Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

After regulation 4(1)(k), insert−
“(l) representation of a client who is the subject of proceedings under Article 44 or 45 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;
(m) representation of a client who is the subject of proceedings under paragraph 29 or 36 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism 2000 Act.”.

## 5 Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

In regulation 9(2), for “Commission” substitute “Department”.

## Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 19th September 2016
L.S.
Claire Sugden
Minister of Justice

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 by inserting new provisions to provide that civil legal services funding for representation under the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 is available without an assessment of an individual’s financial resources for proceedings under:
Article 44 or 45 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989; and
paragraph 29 or 36 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000.
The Regulations come into operation on 11th October 2016.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/338 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-services-financial-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016
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