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Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

S.R. 2002/62 · Made 22 February 2002

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Made 22nd February 2002

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 8th April 2002

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) 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th April 2002.

2Revocation

The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001f1 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 £80 but not exceeding £87 a week£7
Exceeding £87 but not exceeding £94 a week£14
Exceeding £94 but not exceeding £101 a week£21
Exceeding £101 but not exceeding £108 a week£28
Exceeding £108 but not exceeding £115 a week£35
Exceeding £115 but not exceeding £122 a week£42
Exceeding £122 but not exceeding £129 a week£49
Exceeding £129 but not exceeding £136 a week£56
Exceeding £136 but not exceeding £143 a week£63
Exceeding £143 but not exceeding £150 a week£70
Exceeding £150 but not exceeding £157 a week£77
Exceeding £157 but not exceeding £164 a week£84
Exceeding £164 but not exceeding £171 a week£91
Exceeding £171 but not exceeding £178 a week£98
Exceeding £178 but not exceeding £185 a week£105
Exceeding £185 but not exceeding £189 a week£107

”

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 22nd February, 2002

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.