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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These regulations amend the Legal Aid (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1965.

The amendments made by regulations 2 and 3 are consequential on the transfer of functions from the Law Society of Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission by the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.

Regulation 4 amends regulation 8 of the Legal Aid (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1965 (repeated refusal of certificates) by removing the power to direct that no consideration be given to any further application whatsoever by a person, and by providing for the variation or revocation of directions by the Commission.

Regulation 5 confers power on the Commission to reinstate certificates which have been revoked or discharged.