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Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

S.R. 2003/94 · Made 24 February 2003

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Made 24th February 2003

To be laid before Parliament 25th February 2003

Coming into operation 1st April 2003

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 22(1) and 27 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f1 and now vested in himf2 hereby makes the following Regulations: –

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8); Article 27 is an interpretation provision and is recited because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”

f2

S.I. 1982/159

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendment to the Principal Regulations
  4. 4Amendment to Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2003.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1981f1.

3Amendment to the Principal Regulations

The Principal Regulations are amended as follows:

(i)

in Regulation 3 the words, “ “disability working allowance” means disability working allowance under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;” and, “ “family credit” means family credit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;” are deleted,

(ii)

in Regulation 5(2)(b) for the words “income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, disability working allowance or family credit” there shall be substituted the words “income support or income-based jobseekers allowance”.

(iii)

in Regulation 6(2)(b) for the words “income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, disability working allowance or family credit” there shall be substituted the words “income support or income-based jobseekers allowance”.

(iv)

in Regulation 7(2) for the words “income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, disability working allowance or family credit” there shall be substituted the words “income support or income-based jobseekers allowance”.

4Amendment to Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations

In Schedule 4 paragraph (e) the words “, disability working allowance, family credit” are deleted.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 24th February 2003.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 to remove references to obsolete benefits, namely family credit and disability working allowance.