# Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

S.R. 1997/342 · made 18 July 1997

These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 so as to provide that a payment made under Article 15A of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 shall be disregarded in computing disposable income and capital.

## Introductory text

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE
Made 18th July 1997
To be laid before Parliament
Coming into operation 18th August 1997
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 14, 22 and 27 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and now vested in him, and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 18th August 1997.

## 2 Transitional Provisions

These Regulations shall not apply to applications for advice and assistance made before 18th August 1997.

## 3 Amendment to Schedule 1

Schedule 1 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 shall be amended as follows—
(a) after paragraph 7A there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“7B In computing the capital of the person concerned there shall be left out of account any arrears of payments made under Article 15A of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.”;
(b) in paragraph 8(c), after head (iii) there shall be added the following head—
“(iv) a payment made under Article 15A of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.”.

## Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 18th July 1997
We concur
Jim Dowd
Jon Owen Jones
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 25th July 1997

## 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 payment made under Article 15A of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 shall be disregarded in computing disposable income and capital.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/342 (the official version)
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