(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 so as to:
(a)increase the upper income limit to make legal aid available to those with disposable incomes of not more than £9,348 (instead of £9,138) or, in connection with proceedings involving a personal injury, £10,306 (instead of £10,074);
(b)increase the lower income limits below which legal aid is available without payment of a contribution to £3,156 (instead of £3,085).
No changes are made to the capital limits.