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PART 2 N.I.DETERMINATIONS IN RESPECT OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES

CHAPTER 1N.I.FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY LIMITS AND WAIVERS

Waiver of eligibility limits in proceedings relating to domestic violence or forced marriageN.I.

10.—(1) This regulation applies to an application by a client for the funding of—

(a)representation (lower courts) in proceedings for, or in relation to, a non-molestation order under Article 20 of the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 M1 made by the individual applying for the order or on whose application the order is made; and

(b)advice and assistance or representation (higher courts) in proceedings for a forced marriage protection order under the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 M2.

(2) Where this regulation applies the Director may, if the Director considers it equitable to do so, disapply the eligibility limits in regulation 6.

(3) In such applications—

(a)where the weekly disposable income of the client exceeds £234, the contribution payable shall be the excess plus £134; and

(b)where the disposable capital of the client exceeds £3,000, the contribution payable shall be £100.

(4) The contribution payable by a client under paragraph (3) may be in respect of disposable income or disposable capital, or in respect of both.