Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 No. 112

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2001 No. 112

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made

14th March 2001

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation

9th April 2001

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 3(2), 7(3), 22 and 27 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1) and now vested in him(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation N.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 9th April 2001.

(2) In these Regulations, “the Order” means the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in operation at 9.4.2001, see reg. 1(1)

Revocation N.I.

2.  The Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(3) are hereby revoked.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in operation at 9.4.2001, see reg. 1(1)

Persons eligible for advice and assistance N.I.

3.  For the weekly sum of “£180” specified in Article 3(1) of the Order(4) there shall be substituted the weekly sum of “£186”.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 3 in operation at 9.4.2001, see reg. 1(1)

Contributions from persons receiving advice and assistance N.I.

4.  For the weekly sum of “£76” specified in Article 7(2) of the Order(5) there shall be substituted the weekly sum of “£79”.

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 4 in operation at 9.4.2001, see reg. 1(1)

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 14th March 2001

Explanatory Note

(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 advice and assistance available to those with disposable income of not more than £186 a week (instead of £180) (Regulation 3);

(b) increase the lower income limit below which legal advice and assistance is available without payment of a contribution to £79 a week (instead of £76) (Regulation 4).

No changes are made to the capital limits.

(1)

S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8); Article 27 is an interpretation provision and is recited because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”

(2)

S.I. 1982/159

(3)

S.R. 2000 No. 80

(4)

Which figure was most recently substituted by S.R. 2000 No. 80

(5)

Which figure was most recently substituted by S.R. 2000 No. 80