Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
S.R. 2005/67 · Made 3 March 2005
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE
Made 3rd March 2005
To be laid before Parliament
Coming into operation 11th April 2005
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
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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
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S.I. 1982/159
Contents
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 11th April 2005.
2Revocation
The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004f1 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 –
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Disposable Income Range Maximum Contribution Exceeding £86 but not exceeding £93 a week £7 Exceeding £93 but not exceeding £100 a week £14 Exceeding £100 but not exceeding £107 a week £21 Exceeding £107 but not exceeding £114 a week £28 Exceeding £114 but not exceeding £121 a week £35 Exceeding £121 but not exceeding £128 a week £42 Exceeding £128 but not exceeding £135 a week £49 Exceeding £135 but not exceeding £142 a week £56 Exceeding £142 but not exceeding £149 a week £63 Exceeding £149 but not exceeding £156 a week £70 Exceeding £156 but not exceeding £163 a week £77 Exceeding £163 but not exceeding £170 a week £84 Exceeding £170 but not exceeding £177 a week £91 Exceeding £177 but not exceeding £184 a week £98 Exceeding £184 but not exceeding £191 a week £105 Exceeding £191 but not exceeding £198 a week £112 Exceeding £198 but not exceeding £203 a week £117 ”
Signature
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Baroness Ashton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Dated 3rd March 2005
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.