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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE
Made
1st November 2005
To be laid before Parliament
Coming into operation
5th December 2005
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 5th December 2005.
2. In these Regulations “the principal regulations” means the Legal Aid (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1965(3).
3. In regulation 1(2) of the principal regulations after the definition of “certifying committee” there shall be inserted—
““civil partner” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(4);”
4. In paragraph 6(b) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after the words “any spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.
5. In paragraph 6(b)(i) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after the words “the spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.
6. In paragraph 6(b)(ii) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after the words “his spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.
7. In paragraph 7(b) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after the words “a spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.
8. In paragraph 8(b)(i) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after each instance of the word “spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.
9. In paragraph 8(b)(ii) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after each instance of the word “spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.
10. In paragraph 8(b)(iii) of the Schedule to the principal regulations after each instance of the word “spouse” there shall be inserted the words “or civil partner”.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Dated 1st November 2005
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid (General) 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 legal aid from any person who is in a civil partnership is determined in a manner consistent with the existing Regulations.
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”
S.I. 1982/159
S.R. 1965 No. 217; to which the most recent amendment was made by S.R. 2003 No. 438
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