# Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/411/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/note
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