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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Northern Ireland Statutory Rule: The Civil Legal Services (Disclosure of Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 No. 202
2. In these Regulations—
“civil legal services” has the meaning given by Article 10 of the Order;
“criminal aid certificate” and “free legal aid” have the respective meanings given under Part 3 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1);
“the Department” means the Department of Justice;
“the Director” means the Director of Legal Aid Casework designated by the Department under section 2 of the Legal Aid and Coroners’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014(2);
“the Order” means the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;
“supplier” means any person or other body who provides civil legal services funded by the Department to an individual.
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