(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 to provide that—
(a)assistance by way of representation under Article 5 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (“the 1981 Order”) is extended to persons in respect of whom an application for a warrant of further detention or for an extension of such a warrant is made under paragraph 29 or 36 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000;
(b)the means test and contributions test which would otherwise apply under the 1981 Order are removed in respect of applications for assistance by way of representation in relation to proceedings under paragraph 29 or 36 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000.