4 Amendment of the Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations
1 The Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
S.R. 1981 No. 189; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 85, S.R. 1996 No. 410 and S.R. 2005 No. 501
2 In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” insert—

““income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (employment and support allowance);”

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The definition of “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” was inserted by regulation 3(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 410
3 In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 (rules for computing disposable income) for “or of income-based jobseeker’s allowance” substitute “, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance” and for “or income-based jobseeker’s allowance” substitute “, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance”.
Paragraph 5 was substituted by regulation 3(b) of S.R. 1996 No. 410 and amended by regulation 6 of S.R. 2005 No. 501
4 In paragraph 6A of Schedule 2 (rules for computing disposable capital) for “or income-based jobseeker’s allowance” substitute “, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance”.
Paragraph 6A was inserted by regulation 4 of S.R. 1988 No. 85 and amended by regulation 3(a) of S.R. 1992 No. 108, regulation 4(a) of S.R. 1993 No. 122 and regulation 3(d) of S.R. 1996 No. 410