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Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

S.R. 1997/91 · Made 21 February 1997

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Made 21st February 1997

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 7th April 1997

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 7(2), 22 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. 2Revocation
  3. 3Amendment to Schedule 2
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th April 1997.

2Revocation

The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996f1 are hereby revoked.

3Amendment to Schedule 2

For the table set out in Schedule 2 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981f1, there shall be substituted the following table—

“

Disposable Income RangeMaximum Contribution
Exceeding £69 but not exceeding £76£7
Exceeding £76 but not exceeding £83£14
Exceeding £83 but not exceeding £90£21
Exceeding £90 but not exceeding £97£28
Exceeding £97 but not exceeding £104£35
Exceeding £104 but not exceeding £111£42
Exceeding £111 but not exceeding £118£49
Exceeding £118 but not exceeding £125£56
Exceeding £125 but not exceeding £132£63
Exceeding £132 but not exceeding £139£70
Exceeding £139 but not exceeding £146£77
Exceeding £146 but not exceeding £153£84
Exceeding £153 but not exceeding £166£95

”

Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 21st February 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 substitute a new scale of contributions payable for legal advice and assistance under Article 7(2) of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.