LegalizeLegal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made: 11th March 2009
To be laid before Parliament
Coming into operation: 6th April 2009
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 7(2), 22 and 27 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[^f00001] and now vested in him[^f00002].
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2009.
Revocation
2
The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008[^f00003] are hereby revoked.
Amendment to Schedule 2
3
For the table set out in Schedule 2 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981[^f00004] there shall be substituted the following table—
| Disposable Income Range | Maximum Contribution |
|---|---|
| Exceeding £100 but not exceeding £107 a week | £7 |
| Exceeding £107 but not exceeding £114 a week | £14 |
| Exceeding £114 but not exceeding £121 a week | £21 |
| Exceeding £121 but not exceeding £128 a week | £28 |
| Exceeding £128 but not exceeding £135 a week | £35 |
| Exceeding £135 but not exceeding £142 a week | £42 |
| Exceeding £142 but not exceeding £149 a week | £49 |
| Exceeding £149 but not exceeding £156 a week | £56 |
| Exceeding £156 but not exceeding £163 a week | £63 |
| Exceeding £163 but not exceeding £170 a week | £70 |
| Exceeding £170 but not exceeding £177 a week | £77 |
| Exceeding £177 but not exceeding £184 a week | £84 |
| Exceeding £184 but not exceeding £191 a week | £91 |
| Exceeding £191 but not exceeding £198 a week | £98 |
| Exceeding £198 but not exceeding £205 a week | £105 |
| Exceeding £205 but not exceeding £212 a week | £112 |
| Exceeding £212 but not exceeding £219 a week | £119 |
| Exceeding £219 but not exceeding £226 a week | £126 |
| Exceeding £226 but not exceeding £234 a week | £134 |
Signed
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Bridget Prentice — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — Dated 11th March 2009
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
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.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 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”
[^f00002]: S.I. 1982/159
[^f00003]: S.R. 2008 No. 106
[^f00004]: S.R. 1981 No. 366; to which the most recent relevant amendment was made by S.R. 2008 No. 106
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