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Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2010.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, “the Commission” means the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission established under Article 3 of the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(1).
Application
3. These Regulations apply to cases in which the Commission grants a certificate on or after 1st April 2010.
4. The Legal Aid (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1965(2) continue to apply as if these Regulations had not been made in respect of cases in which the Commission grants a certificate before 1st April 2010.
Amendments to the Legal Aid (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1965
5. The Legal Aid (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1965 are amended as follows.
6.—(1) For regulation 17(9)(a), substitute—
“(a)payments of money under provisions of—
(i)Articles 4 and 8 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979(3); or
(ii)Articles 24, 25(1) and (2), 26A, 29(6), 33(1), 33(2)(a) to (dd), 33(2)(f) and 33(3) of the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(4); or
(iii)Articles 4(1)(b) and (d), 8(1) and (5) and 22(2) of the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980(5); or
(iv)Article 15 of, together with paragraphs 2, 8 and 11 of Schedule 1 to, the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(6);”.
(2) For regulation 17(9)(f), substitute—
“(f)income support and housing benefit paid under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(7); or
(g)working tax credit and child tax credit paid under the Tax Credits Act 2002(8);”.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Michael Wills
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
Dated 10th March 2010
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