These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 to extend assistance by way of representation to proceedings in a court of summary jurisdiction brought for an order under Article 6 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 5(3) and 27 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 19811 and now vested in him2 hereby makes the following Regulations:—