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

S.R. 1997/91 · made 21 February 1997

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.

## Introductory text

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 1981 and now vested in him, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

## 1 Citation 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.

## 2 Revocation

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

## 3 Amendment to Schedule 2

For the table set out in Schedule 2 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981, there shall be substituted the following table—
“
Disposable Income Range
Maximum 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.

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