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The Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

S.R. 2016/396 · Made 9 November 2016

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Access To Justice

Made 9th November 2016

Coming into operation 1st December 2016

The Department of Justice makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 12(3) and 47 of the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003f1 and now vested in itf2.

In accordance with Article 47(2)(a) of the 2003 Order, the Department has consulted with the Lord Chief Justice, the Law Society and the General Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland.

In accordance with Article 47(1) of the 2003 Order, the Department has had regard to the matters specified in that provision.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2003/435 (N.I. 10) Articles 12 and 47 of the 2003 Order were amended by section 6 of, and paragraphs 6(12) and (38) of Schedule 2 to, the Legal Aid and Coroners’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 – 2014 c. 11 (N.I.)

f2

S.I. 2010/976

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
  3. 3Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2016.

2Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

Schedule 3 to the Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015f1 is amended as follows.

3Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

In Part 3, in the heading above Table 10, after “Proceedings under Part 13A of the Prison and Young Offenders Centre Rules (Northern Ireland) 1995”, insert —

“Proceedings under paragraph 2, 6 or 7 of Schedule 3 to the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015f1

Proceedings under section 57, 60 or 61 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015f2”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 9th November 2016.

L.S.

Claire Sugden

Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 by inserting new provisions to provide that remuneration is available under civil legal services for representation in those proceedings referred to in Articles 3.

The Order comes into operation on 1st December 2016.