The Court of Judicature Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Court of Judicature Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017.

(2) Articles 1, 3 and 4 shall come into operation on 1st April 2017.

(3) Article 2 shall come into operation immediately after the coming into operation of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(1).

(4) In this Order—

(a) “the principal Order” means the Court of Judicature Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 2017(2); and

(b) “the Aarhus Convention” means the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environment Matters done at Aarhus on 25th June 1998.

Amendments to the principal Order

2.  In Article 9(2) (Exemptions and refunds) of the principal Order—

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (d) for “.” substitute “;”; and

(b) after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(e) universal credit paid under Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(3).”.

3.  For sections 1 to 6 of the Schedule to the principal Order there shall be substituted the new sections set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Saving Provision

4.  The principal Order as it applied immediately before Article 3 of this Order came into operation, continues to apply to a judicial review or review under any statutory provision of a decision, act or omission which is subject to the provisions of the Aarhus Convention.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 16th January 2017

Claire Sugden

Minister of Justice

The Department of Finance concurs in the making of this Order.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 16th January 2017

Emer Morelli

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance