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Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

S.R. 2006/118 · Made 1 March 2006

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Made 1st March 2006

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 10th April 2006

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations 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:

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) 2006 and shall come into operation on 10th April 2006.

2Revocation

The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005f1 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 Range

Maximum

Contribution
Exceeding £88 but not exceeding £95 a week£7
Exceeding £95 but not exceeding £102 a week£14
Exceeding £102 but not exceeding £109 a week£21
Exceeding £109 but not exceeding £116 a week£28
Exceeding £116 but not exceeding £123 a week£35
Exceeding £123 but not exceeding £130 a week£42
Exceeding £130 but not exceeding £137 a week£49
Exceeding £137 but not exceeding £144 a week£56
Exceeding £144 but not exceeding £151 a week£63
Exceeding £151 but not exceeding £158 a week£70
Exceeding £158 but not exceeding £165 a week£77
Exceeding £165 but not exceeding £165 a week£84
Exceeding £172 but not exceeding £179 a week£91
Exceeding £179 but not exceeding £186 a week£98
Exceeding £186 but not exceeding £193 a week£105
Exceeding £193 but not exceeding £200 a week£112
Exceeding £200 but not exceeding £208 a week£119

”

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Dated 1st March 2006

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.