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Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

S.R. 2005/474 · Made 1 November 2005

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Made 1st November 2005

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 5th December 2005

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 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. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendment to the principal regulations
  4. 4Amendment to the principal regulations
  5. 5Amendment to the principal regulations
  6. 6Amendment to the principal regulations
  7. 7Amendment to the principal regulations
  8. 8Amendment to the principal regulations
  9. 9Amendment to the principal regulations
  10. 10Amendment to the principal regulations
  11. Signature
  12. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 5th December 2005.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations “the principal regulations” means the Legal Aid (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1965f1.

3Amendment to the principal regulations

In regulation 1(2) of the principal regulations after the definition of “certifying committee” there shall be inserted—

  • ““civil partner” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004f1;”

4Amendment to the principal regulations

In paragraph 6(b) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after the words “any spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.

5Amendment to the principal regulations

In paragraph 6(b)(i) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after the words “the spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.

6Amendment to the principal regulations

In paragraph 6(b)(ii) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after the words “his spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.

7Amendment to the principal regulations

In paragraph 7(b) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after the words “a spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.

8Amendment to the principal regulations

In paragraph 8(b)(i) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after each instance of the word “spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.

9Amendment to the principal regulations

In paragraph 8(b)(ii) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after each instance of the word “spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.

10Amendment to the principal regulations

In paragraph 8(b)(iii) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after each instance of the word “spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Dated 1st November 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Legal Aid (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1965 to insert references to the legal status of civil partners, as created by the provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, to ensure an application for legal aid from any person who is in a civil partnership is determined in a manner consistent with the existing Regulations.