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Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES AND CRIMINAL DEFENCE SERVICES

    1. Functions of the Department: general

      1. 3.Exercise of functions of the Department under this Part

      2. 4.Membership of the Commission

      3. 5.Power to replace Commission with two bodies

      4. 6.Planning

      5. 7.Powers of Commission

      6. 8.Guidance

      7. 9.Northern Ireland law and foreign law

    2. Civil legal services

      1. 10.Civil legal services

      2. 11.Funding of civil legal services by Department

      3. 12.Services which may be funded

      4. 12A.Exceptional funding

      5. 13.Individuals for whom services may be funded

      6. 14.Decisions about provision of funded services

      7. 15.Regulations as to procedures for funding decisions

      8. 16.Procedure relating to funding code

      9. 17.Terms of provision of funded services

      10. 18.Costs orders against assisted parties

      11. 19.Costs of successful unassisted parties

      12. 20.Regulations about costs in funded cases

      13. 20A.Appeal panels

    3. Criminal defence services

      1. 21.Criminal defence services

      2. 22.Criminal defence services: code of conduct

      3. 23.Advice and assistance

      4. 24.Representation

      5. 25.Individuals to whom right to representation may be granted

      6. 26.Grant of right to representation by court

      7. 27.Grant of right to representation by Commission

      8. 28.Appeals

      9. 29.Criteria for grant of right to representation

      10. 30.Selection of representative

      11. 31.Terms of provision of funded services

    4. Supplementary

      1. 32.Restriction of disclosure of information

      2. 33.Misrepresentation etc.

      3. 34.Position of service providers and other parties etc.

      4. 35.Solicitors and barristers

      5. 36.Register of persons providing services

  4. PART III OTHER FUNDING OF LEGAL SERVICES

    1. Conditional fee and litigation funding agreements

      1. 37.Interpretation of Part III

      2. 38.Conditional fee agreements

      3. 39.Conditional fee agreements: supplementary

      4. 40.Litigation funding agreements

      5. 41.Litigation funding agreements: the Commission

      6. 42.Litigation funding agreements: costs

    2. Costs

      1. 43.Recovery of insurance premiums by way of costs

      2. 44.Recovery where body undertakes to meet cost liabilities

  5. PART IV SUPPLEMENTARY

    1. 45.Application to Crown

    2. 46.Orders, regulations and directions

    3. 47.Remuneration orders

    4. 48.Transitional provisions and savings

    5. Article 49—Amendments and repeals

  6. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      NORTHERN IRELAND LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION

      1. Incorporation and status

        1. 1.. . . . . . . . . . ...

        2. 2.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      2. Tenure of members

        1. 3.. . . . . . . . . . ...

        2. 4.. . . . . . . . . . ...

        3. 5.. . . . . . . . . . ...

        4. 6.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      3. Members' interests

        1. 7.. . . . . . . . . . ...

        2. 8.. . . . . . . . . . ...

        3. 9.Remuneration

        4. 10.Staff

        5. 11.. . . . . . . . . . ...

        6. 12.Funding of costs relating to administration etc.

        7. 13.Proceedings

      4. Provision of information

        1. 14.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      5. Annual report

        1. 15.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      6. Annual plan

        1. 16.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      7. Accounts and audit

        1. 17.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      8. Instruments

        1. 18.. . . . . . . . . . ...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES: EXCLUDED SERVICES

      1. 1.The Department may not fund services consisting of the provision ...

      2. 2.The Department may not fund services consisting of representation in ...

      3. 3.These are the proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act ...

      4. 4.Subject to paragraph 5, the following services may not be ...

      5. 5.Notwithstanding paragraph 4, the making of a counterclaim for defamation ...

      6. 6.The Department may not fund services consisting of the provision...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS

      1. Interpretation

        1. 1.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      2. Rights, obligations and property

        1. 2.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      3. The Legal Aid Fund

        1. 3.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      4. Part II of the 1981 Order

        1. 4.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      5. Part III of the 1981 Order

        1. 5.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      6. Commission's annual plan and annual report

        1. 6.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      7. Grants and approvals under the 1981 Order

        1. 7.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      8. Chief Executive of the Commission

        1. 8.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      9. The Commission: transfers of employment

        1. 9.. . . . . . . . . . ...

        2. 10.. . . . . . . . . . ...

        3. 11.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      10. Pensions

        1. 12.. . . . . . . . . . ...

      11. Assistance with functions

        1. 13.. . . . . . . . . . ...

    4. Schedule 4—Amendments

    5. Schedule 5—Repeals

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