1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 7th October 1996.
(2) In these Regulations, the “principal Regulations” means the Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981(1) and a Regulation or Schedule referred to by number means the Regulation or Schedule so numbered in the principal Regulations.
S.R. 1981 No. 189; as amended by S.R. 1988 No. 85, S.R. 1990 No. 105, S.R. 1992 No. 108 and S.R. 1993 No. 122. There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations