2019 No. 13
The Civil Legal Services (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019
Made
Coming into operation
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Services (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 4th March 2019.
Amendments to the Civil Legal Services (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
2
The Civil Legal Services (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20153 are amended as follows.
3
In regulation 2, for the definition of “assessing authority”, substitute—
“assessing authority” means—
- a
in respect of advice and assistance and representation (lower courts), the supplier,
- b
in respect of representation (higher courts) and exceptional funding, the Director;
4
In regulation 15(10), for “an assessing authority to re-determine”, substitute “a re-determination of”.
5
In regulation 17(6), for “without reference to an assessing authority”, substitute “without reference to a determination in respect of an applicant’s disposable income or capital”.
6
In regulation 41—
a
in sub-paragraph (3), omit “or an assessing authority”; and
b
in sub-paragraph (4), omit “or an assessing authority”.
7
In regulation 42(1), omit “submit so much of the application as is relevant to an assessing authority to”.
8
In regulation 49—
a
in sub-paragraph (2), omit “or an assessing authority”; and
b
in sub-paragraph (3), omit “or an assessing authority”.
9
In regulation 50(1), omit “submit so much of the application as is relevant to an assessing authority to”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 11th February 2019
Peter MayA senior officer of the Department of Justice(This note is not part of the Regulations)