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     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 11th April 2005.

    (2) The Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004[4] are hereby revoked save in their application to any case to which paragraph (1) does not apply.

Persons eligible for legal aid
     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 "£9,475", the yearly sum of "£9,570"; and

(b) in any other case, for the yearly sum of "£8,595", the yearly sum of "£8,681".

Contributions from persons receiving legal aid
     4. For the yearly sum of "£2,902" specified in Article 12(1)(a) of the Order[6] there shall be substituted the yearly sum of "£2,931".



Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor


Baroness Ashton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

Dated 3rd March 2005

[2] S.I. 1982/159back

[3] S.R. 1981 No. 189back

[4] S.R. 2004 No. 86back

[5] Which sums were most recently substituted by S.R. 2004 No. 86back

[6] Which figure was most recently substituted by S.R. 2004 No. 86back

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