1997 No. 91
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Made
To be laid before Parliament
Coming into operation
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 7(2), 22 and 27 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 19811 and now vested in him2, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th April 1997.

Revocation2.

The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19963 are hereby revoked.

Amendment to Schedule 23.

For the table set out in Schedule 2 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19814, there shall be substituted the following table—

“Disposable Income Range

Maximum Contribution

Exceeding £69 but not exceeding £76

£7

Exceeding £76 but not exceeding £83

£14

Exceeding £83 but not exceeding £90

£21

Exceeding £90 but not exceeding £97

£28

Exceeding £97 but not exceeding £104

£35

Exceeding £104 but not exceeding £111

£42

Exceeding £111 but not exceeding £118

£49

Exceeding £118 but not exceeding £125

£56

Exceeding £125 but not exceeding £132

£63

Exceeding £132 but not exceeding £139

£70

Exceeding £139 but not exceeding £146

£77

Exceeding £146 but not exceeding £153

£84

Exceeding £153 but not exceeding £166

£95”

Mackay of Clashfern, C.
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 so as to substitute a new scale of contributions payable for legal advice and assistance under Article 7(2) of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.