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(1) These regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
(2) These regulations shall come into operation on 1st November 2003.
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(1) Regulation 4 of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 (which enables certain functions of a committee to be performed by its secretary) shall cease to have effect.
(2) In regulation 16 of those regulations (which enables the secretary of a committee to approve assistance by way of representation) the words “on behalf of his committee” shall cease to have effect.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Lord Filkin
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Constitutional Affairs
Dated 6th October 2003