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Made
8th March 2008
Coming into operation
7th April 2008
To be laid before Parliament
1.–(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 7th April 2008.
(2) In these Regulations–
(a) "the Order" means the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;
(b) "personal injuries" includes any death and any disease or other impairment of a person´s physical or mental condition.
2.–(1) These Regulations shall apply to any application for legal aid where the period of computation, as defined in regulation 1(2) of the Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981(3), begins on or after 7th April 2008.
(2) The Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007(4) are hereby revoked save in their application to any case to which paragraph (1) does not apply.
3. For the yearly sums specified in Article 9(1) of the Order(5) there shall be substituted–
(a) where legal aid is sought in connection with taking, defending or being a party to proceedings which include a claim in respect of personal injuries, for the yearly sum of "£10,074", the yearly sum of "£10,306"; and
(b) in any other case, for the yearly sum of "£9,138", the yearly sum of "£9,348".
4. For the yearly sum of "£3,085" specified in Article 12(1)(a) of the Order(6) there shall be substituted the yearly sum of "£3,156".
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
DavidHanson
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
Dated 8th March 2008
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 so as to:
(a) increase the upper income limit to make legal aid available to those with disposable incomes of not more than £9,348 (instead of £9,138) or, in connection with proceedings involving a personal injury, £10,306 (instead of £10,074);
(b) increase the lower income limits below which legal aid is available without payment of a contribution to £3,156 (instead of £3,085).
No changes are made to the capital limits.
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" Back [1]
1982/159 Back [2]
1981 No. 189 Back [3]
S.R. 2007 No. 175 Back [4]
Which figures were most recently substituted by S.R. 2007 No. 175 Back [5]
Which figure was most recently substituted by S.R. 2007 No. 175 Back [6]
