Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE
Made
16th March 1999
To be laid before Parliament
Coming into operation
12th April 1999
1.—(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) 1981(3).
2. The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(4) are hereby revoked.
3. 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.
Dated 16th March 1999
(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.
S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8); Article 27 is an interpretation provision and is recited because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”
S.I. 1982/159
S.R. 1981 No. 366; to which the most recent relevant amendment was made by S.R. 1998 No. 90