1999 No. 131
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

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, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 12th April 1999.

(2)

In these Regulations a Schedule referred to by a number means the Schedule so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19813.

Revocation2.

The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19984 are hereby revoked.

Amendment to Schedule 23.

For the table set out in Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the following table—

“Disposable Income Range

Maximum Contribution

Exceeding £75 but not exceeding £82

£7

Exceeding £82 but not exceeding £89

£14

Exceeding £89 but not exceeding £96

£21

Exceeding £96 but not exceeding £103

£28

Exceeding £103 but not exceeding £110

£35

Exceeding £110 but not exceeding £117

£42

Exceeding £117 but not exceeding £124

£49

Exceeding £124 but not exceeding £131

£56

Exceeding £131 but not exceeding £138

£63

Exceeding £138 but not exceeding £145

£70

Exceeding £145 but not exceeding £152

£77

Exceeding £152 but not exceeding £159

£84

Exceeding £159 but not exceeding £166

£91

Exceeding £166 but not exceeding £178

£103”

Irvine of Lairg, 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.