6.—(1) The [F1Department] shall inform itself about—
(a)the need for, and the provision of, civil legal services and criminal defence services, and
(b)the quality of the services provided.
(2) [F2The Department] shall plan what can be done towards meeting that need by the performance by [F2the Department and the Director of their relevant functions] .
(3) The [F3Department] may co-operate with such authorities and other bodies and persons as it considers appropriate in facilitating the planning of what can be done by them to meet that need by the use of any resources available to them.
[F4(3A) In this Article and Article 7 “relevant functions” means—
(a)in relation to any time after the coming into operation of Article 21, functions under this Order; and
(b)in relation to any time before the coming into operation of Article 21, functions under this Order and under Part 3 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.]
F5(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F5(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1Word in art. 6(1) substituted (1.4.2015) by Legal Aid and Coroners‘ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 11), s. 12(1), Sch. 2 para. 6(5)(a) (with ss. 2(3), 9, Sch. 1 para. 3(3)); S.R. 2015/193, art. 2(e)
F2Words in art. 6(2) substituted (1.4.2015) by Legal Aid and Coroners‘ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 11), s. 12(1), Sch. 2 para. 6(5)(b) (with ss. 2(3), 9, Sch. 1 para. 3(3)); S.R. 2015/193, art. 2(e)
F3Word in art. 6(3) substituted (1.4.2015) by Legal Aid and Coroners‘ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 11), s. 12(1), Sch. 2 para. 6(5)(c) (with ss. 2(3), 9, Sch. 1 para. 3(3)); S.R. 2015/193, art. 2(e)
F4Art. 6(3A) inserted (1.4.2015) by Legal Aid and Coroners‘ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 11), s. 12(1), Sch. 2 para. 6(5)(d) (with ss. 2(3), 9, Sch. 1 para. 3(3)); S.R. 2015/193, art. 2(e)
F5Art. 6(4)(5) repealed (1.4.2015) by Legal Aid and Coroners‘ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 11), s. 12(1), Sch. 2 para. 6(5)(e), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with ss. 2(3), 9, Sch. 1 para. 3(3)); S.R. 2015/193, art. 2(e)(f)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 6 in operation at 1.4.2015 by S.R. 2015/194, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)
