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Legal Aid (Costs of Successful Unassisted Parties) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Legal aid and advice

Civil partnership

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

These Regulations amend the Legal Aid (Costs of Successful Unassisted Parties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1965 to insert references to the legal status of civil partners, as created by the provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, to ensure an application for an order under Article 16 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 by any person who is in a civil partnership is determined in a manner consistent with the existing Regulations.