2. In these Regulations, unless the context requires otherwise—
“advice”, “assistance” and “representation” have the respective meanings given by Article 2(2) of the Order;
“certificate” means a certificate issued under the General Regulations certifying a decision to fund representation for the client;
“civil legal services” has the meaning given by Article 10 of the Order;
“client” means an individual who applies for or receives funded services and, in the case of actual or contemplated proceedings, is a party or prospective party to the proceedings;
“client’s costs order” and “client’s costs agreement” mean, respectively, an order and an agreement that another party to proceedings or prospective proceedings pay all or part of the costs of a client;
“the Department” means the Department of Justice;
“the Financial Regulations” means the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(1);
“funded services” means services which are provided directly for a client and funded for that client by the Department as part of civil legal services under Articles 10 to 20 of the Order;
“the funded sum” means the amount of remuneration payable by the Department to a supplier for the relevant work under the Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015(2) or other arrangements that determine that supplier’s remuneration;
“the General Regulations” means the Civil Legal Services (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(3);
“the Order” means the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;
“partner” means a person with whom the person concerned lives as a couple, and includes a person with whom the person concerned is not currently living but from whom the person concerned is not living separate and apart;
“person concerned” means the person—
whose eligibility is to be assessed; or
whose resources are to be treated as the resources of the client under the Financial Regulations;
“recovered”, in relation to property or money, means property or money recovered or preserved by a client, whether for the client or for any other person;
“relevant dispute” means the dispute in connection with which funded services are provided;
“relevant proceedings” means proceedings in connection with which funded services are provided;
“relevant work” means the funded services provided in relation to the dispute or proceedings to which the client’s costs order or client’s costs agreement relates;
“remuneration” includes fees and disbursements and value added tax on fees and disbursements;
“representation (higher courts)” and “representation (lower courts)” have the respective meanings given by regulation 2 of the General Regulations;
“solicitor” means solicitor of the Court of Judicature;
“statutory charge” means the charge created by Article 17(7) of the Order in respect of the amount defined in regulation 3;
“supplier” means the solicitor or body being requested to provide or providing funded services to the client.