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Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART II NORTHERN IRELAND LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION

    1. 3.Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission

    2. 4.Membership of the Commission

    3. 5.Power to replace Commission with two bodies

    4. 6.Planning

    5. 7.Powers of Commission

    6. 8.Guidance

    7. 9.Northern Ireland law and foreign law

    8. Civil legal services

      1. 10.Civil legal services

      2. 11.Funding of services

      3. 12.Services which may be funded

      4. 13.Individuals for whom services may be funded

      5. 14.Decisions about provision of funded services

      6. 15.Funding code

      7. 16.Procedure relating to funding code

      8. 17.Terms of provision of funded services

      9. 18.Costs orders against assisted parties

      10. 19.Costs of successful unassisted parties

      11. 20.Regulations about costs in funded cases

    9. Criminal defence services

      1. 21.Criminal defence services

      2. 22.Criminal defence services: code of conduct

      3. 23.Advice and assistance

      4. 24.Representation

      5. 25.Individuals to whom right to representation may be granted

      6. 26.Grant of right to representation by court

      7. 27.Grant of right to representation by Commission

      8. 28.Appeals

      9. 29.Criteria for grant of right to representation

      10. 30.Selection of representative

      11. 31.Terms of provision of funded services

    10. Supplementary

      1. 32.Restriction of disclosure of information

      2. 33.Misrepresentation etc.

      3. 34.Position of service providers and other parties etc.

      4. 35.Solicitors and barristers

      5. 36.Register of persons providing services

  4. PART III OTHER FUNDING OF LEGAL SERVICES

    1. Conditional fee and litigation funding agreements

      1. 37.Interpretation of Part III

      2. 38.Conditional fee agreements

      3. 39.Conditional fee agreements: supplementary

      4. 40.Litigation funding agreements

      5. 41.Litigation funding agreements: the Commission

      6. 42.Litigation funding agreements: costs

    2. Costs

      1. 43.Recovery of insurance premiums by way of costs

      2. 44.Recovery where body undertakes to meet cost liabilities

  5. PART IV SUPPLEMENTARY

    1. 45.Application to Crown

    2. 46.Orders, regulations and directions

    3. 47.Remuneration orders

    4. 48.Transitional provisions and savings

    5. 49.Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

  6. Signature

  7. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      NORTHERN IRELAND LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION

      1. Incorporation and status

        1. 1.The Commission shall be a body corporate. Subject to the ...

        2. 2.The Commission shall not be regarded— as the servant or ...

      2. Tenure of members

        1. 3.Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5, any member of the ...

        2. 4.A member of the Commission may resign office by giving ...

        3. 5.The Lord Chancellor may terminate the appointment of a member ...

        4. 6.Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (5), the member appointed to ...

      3. Members' interests

        1. 7.Before appointing a person to be a member of the ...

        2. 8.A member of the Commission who is in any way ...

        3. 9.Remuneration

        4. 10.Staff

        5. 12.Funding of costs relating to administration etc.

        6. 13.Proceedings

      4. Provision of information

        1. 14.The Commission shall provide the Lord Chancellor with such information ...

      5. Annual report

        1. 15.The Commission shall provide to the Lord Chancellor, as soon ...

      6. Annual plan

        1. 16.The Commission shall, before the beginning of each financial year ...

      7. Accounts and audit

        1. 17.The Commission shall keep accounts and shall prepare in respect ...

      8. Instruments

        1. 18.The fixing of the seal of the Commission shall be ...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES: EXCLUDED SERVICES

      1. 1.The Commission may not fund services consisting of the provision ...

      2. 2.The Commission may not fund services consisting of representation in ...

      3. 3.These are the proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act ...

      4. 4.Subject to paragraph 5, the following services may not be ...

      5. 5.Notwithstanding paragraph 4, the making of a counterclaim for defamation ...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS

      1. Interpretation

        1. 1.In this Schedule— “the 1981 Order ” means the Legal ...

      2. Rights, obligations and property

        1. 2.Subject to paragraphs 3 and 9, on the first appointed ...

      3. The Legal Aid Fund

        1. 3.On the first appointed day the legal aid fund (“the ...

      4. Part II of the 1981 Order

        1. 4.The provisions of this paragraph shall have effect if the ...

      5. Part III of the 1981 Order

        1. 5.The provisions of this paragraph shall have effect if the ...

      6. Commission’s annual plan and annual report

        1. 6.Where the Commission exercises any functions by virtue of paragraph ...

      7. Grants and approvals under the 1981 Order

        1. 7.Any grant of legal aid under Part II of the ...

      8. Chief Executive of the Commission

        1. 8.Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 10 of Schedule 1, the first ...

      9. The Commission: transfers of employment

        1. 9.The Commission shall make, not later than such date as ...

        2. 10.Where a person becomes an employee of the Commission on ...

        3. 11.Any dispute as to whether an offer purporting to be ...

      10. Pensions

        1. 12.Any arrangements made by the Law Society under Article 21 ...

      11. Assistance with functions

        1. 13.The Law Society shall give to the Commission all the ...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 10)

        1. 1.(1) The Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968...

      2. Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (N.I.12)

        1. 2.(1) The Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 shall be amended...

      3. Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (N.I.15)

        1. 3.In Article 75 of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order...

      4. European Communities (Services of Lawyers) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1910)

        1. 4.In Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Communities...

      5. Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47)

        1. 5.(1) The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 shall be...

      6. Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (N.I. 8)

        1. 6.(1) The Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order...

      7. Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12)

        1. 7.In section 52(5) of the Telecommunications Act 1984 (charges to...

      8. Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (c. 60)

        1. 8.In section 11 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act...

      9. Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (N.I. 16)

        1. 9.(1) The Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988...

      10. Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)

        1. 10.In section 103(7) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland)...

      11. Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (N.I. 2)

        1. 11.In Article 44 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995...

      12. Children’s Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (N.I. 3)

        1. 12.(1) The Children’s Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 shall be...

      13. Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (N.I. 6)

        1. 13.In Article 64(6) of the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order...

      14. Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)

        1. 14.In Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (devolution...

      15. Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)

        1. 15.In Part VII of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of...

      16. Equality (Disability, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 2000 (N.I. 2)

        1. 16.In Article 10 of the Equality (Disability, etc.) (Northern Ireland)...

      17. European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1119)

        1. 17.In Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the European Communities...

      18. Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c. 24)

        1. 18.In Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Anti-Terrorism, Crime...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      REPEALS

  8. Explanatory Note

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