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7.—(1) In respect of advice or assistance given to any person (in this Article and Article 8 referred to as “a client”), a client shall not, except in accordance with the following provisions of this Article, be required to pay any charge or fee.
(2) Where a client's disposable income exceeds[F2£100] a week and he is not (directly or indirectly) in receipt of[F3 income support[F4, an income-based jobseeker's allowance (payable under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995)[F5or a guarantee credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002] or an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (employment and support allowance)]], paragraph (1) shall not exempt him from liability to pay, in respect of the advice or assistance, charges or fees up to, but not in the aggregate exceeding, such amount as may be prescribed.
(3) Regulations may provide that for the sum specified in paragraph (2) there shall be substituted such other sum as may be prescribed.]
F1 Pt. 2 (to the extent that it remains in operation) repealed (1.4.2015) by Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/435), arts. 1(2), 49(5), Sch. 5 (with transitional provisions and savings in art. 48, Sch. 3); S.R. 2015/194, art. 2, Sch. (with transitional provisions and savings in art. 3)
F2Words in art. 7(2) substituted (6.4.2009) by Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/103), reg. 4
F4Words in art. 7(2) substituted (27.10.2008) by Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/412), reg. 2(3)
F5Words in art. 7(2) inserted (7.1.2013) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 24), ss. 82(3), 111(3); S.R. 2012/449, art. 2(a)
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