{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-services-remuneration-order-northern-ireland-2025/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2025/198",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-services-remuneration-order-northern-ireland-2025",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application of this Order",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (6) and Article 4 this Order shall apply for the determination of the remuneration payable to representatives in respect of providing civil legal services—\n(a) where the date of initial advice for an application for advice and assistance under the General Regulations is on or after 1st December 2024; or\n(b) where the work is done under a certificate granted under the General Regulations on or after 1st December 2024.\n(2) The rates set out in Schedule 1, Part 3, Table 1 shall apply for the determination of remuneration payable to representatives for providing civil legal services where the date of initial advice for an application for advice and assistance under the General Regulations is on or after 1 December 2024 but before 15th May 2025.\n(3) The rates set out in Schedule 1, Part 3, Table 2 shall apply for the determination of remuneration payable to representatives for providing civil legal services where the date of initial advice for an application for advice and assistance under the General Regulations is on or after 15th May 2025.\n(4) The rates set out in Schedule 1, Part 4, Table 1 shall apply for the determination of remuneration payable to representatives for providing civil legal services where the date of initial advice for an application for advice and assistance under the General Regulations is on or after 1 December 2024 but before 8th April 2025.\n(5) The rates set out in Schedule 1, Part 4, Table 2 shall apply for the determination of remuneration payable to representatives for providing civil legal services where the date of initial advice for an application for advice and assistance under the General Regulations is on or after 8th April 2025.\n(6) The rates set out in Schedule 2, Part 3, Table 7 shall apply for the determination of remuneration payable to representatives for providing civil legal services where the certificate for civil legal services under the General Regulations is granted on or after 1 December 2024 but before 15th May 2025.\n(7) The rates set out in Schedule 3, Part 6, shall apply for the determination of remuneration payable to representatives for providing civil legal services where the certificate for civil legal services under the General Regulations is granted on or after 8 April 2025.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in operation at 7.1.2026, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2025/198/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:24:41.768345+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}