2005 No. 474
Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
Made
To be laid before Parliament
Coming into operation
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 5th December 2005.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations “the principal regulations” means the Legal Aid (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19653.
Amendment to the principal regulations
3
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 20044;
4
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”.
5
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”.
6
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”.
7
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”.
8
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”.
9
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”.
10
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”.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)