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The Civil Legal Services (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

S.R. 2019/14 · Made 11 February 2019

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Access To Justice

Made 11th February 2019

Coming into operation 4th March 2019

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 2003f1 and now vested in itf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2003/435 (N.I. 10). Article 13 of the 2003 Order was amended by section 6 of, and paragraph 6(14) of Schedule 2 to, the Legal Aid and Coroners’ Court Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.

f2

S.I. 2010/976.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
  3. 3Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
  4. 4Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
  5. 5Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Services (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 4th March 2019.

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

The Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015f1 are amended as follows.

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

In regulation 2, for sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “assessing authority”, substitute—

  • “in respect of representation (higher courts), the Director;”.

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

In regulation 20(4), omit “, with the consent of the Director,”.

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

In regulation 21—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (2), omit “if so required by the Director and”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (3), omit “if so required by the Director and”; and

(c)

in sub-paragraph (8), for “request” substitute “make”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 11th February 2019

L.S.

Peter May

A senior officer of the Department of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015. The purpose of these amending Regulations is to allow for financial eligibility assessments in respect of certain applications for civil legal aid to be carried out by the Director of Legal Aid Casework in place of a person appointed by the Department for Communities.

The Regulations come into operation on 4th March 2019.