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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 so as to provide that—

(a)

a person in receipt of income-based jobseeker’s allowance, when applying for advice and assistance, must provide information to show that he is in receipt of that benefit;

(b)

a solicitor need not determine the disposable income of a person in receipt of income-based jobseeker’s allowance who applies for advice and assistance;

(c)

any back to work bonus treated as payable by way of a jobseeker’s allowance is excluded from the computation of income or capital.