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The Civil Legal Services (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and revocations

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 COMMON PROVISIONS

    1. 3.Civil Legal Services

    2. 4.Notification

    3. 5.Applications for Civil Legal Services

    4. 6.Attendance on behalf of an applicant

    5. 7.Applicants resident outside Northern Ireland

    6. 8.Children and patients

    7. 9.Civil Legal Services from more than one supplier

    8. 10.Refusal to accept instructions or continue to act

    9. 11.Counsel

    10. 12.Power to require information

    11. 13.Entrusting functions to others

    12. 14.Review of decisions and determinations

    13. 15.Certificates

    14. 16.Issue of Certificates

    15. 17.Emergency Certificates

    16. 18.Amendments of certificates

    17. 19.Suspension of Certificates by the Director

    18. 20.Effect of suspension of certificate

    19. 21.Reinstatement of suspended certificate

    20. 22.Discharge of certificates by the Director

    21. 23.Discharge of certificate by the court

    22. 24.Effect of discharge of a certificate

    23. 25.Reinstatement of discharged certificate

    24. 26.Revocation of certificates by the Director

    25. 27.Revocation of certificate by the court

    26. 28.Effect of revocation of certificate

    27. 29.Reinstatement of revoked certificate

    28. 30.Prohibitory Directions

  4. PART 3 ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE

    1. 31.Applications for advice and assistance

    2. 32.Extensions

    3. 33.Determination of financial eligibility to receive advice and assistance and contribution payable

    4. 34.Provision of advice and assistance at police stations

  5. PART 4 REPRESENTATION (LOWER COURTS)

    1. 35.Applications for certificates

    2. 36.Determination of financial eligibility and contributions

    3. 37.Determination of applications for certificates and authorities

    4. 38.Refusal of a certificate or authority

    5. 39.Notification of issue of certificate

    6. 40.Representation at request of, or agreement with, the court

  6. PART 5 REPRESENTATION (HIGHER COURTS)

    1. 41.Applications for certificates

    2. 42.Determination of financial eligibility and contributions

    3. 43.Determination of applications for certificates

    4. 44.Conduct of proceedings and authorities

    5. 45.Notification of issue of certificate

    6. 46.Refusal of a certificate or authority

    7. 47.Representation at request of, or agreement with, the court

  7. PART 6 EXCEPTIONAL FUNDING

    1. 48.Exceptional funding

    2. 49.Applications for certificates and authorities

    3. 50.Determination of financial eligibility and contributions

    4. 51.Determination of applications for certificates

    5. 52.Refusal of a certificate or authority

    6. 53.Notification of issue of certificate

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      Instruments Revoked

  9. Explanatory Note

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