
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Services (Financial) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 2 December 2019.
2 
The Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 are amended as follows.
3 
For Regulation 4(1)(c) substitute: —“
(c) advice and assistance in potential proceedings or representation in proceedings or potential proceedings before the Review Tribunal under—
(i) the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986; or
(ii) sections 45, 47 or 48 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 in relation to an authorisation of detention amounting to a deprivation of liberty;where the client’s case or application to the Tribunal is, or is to be, the subject of the proceedings;
(ca) advice and assistance in potential proceedings or representation in proceedings or potential proceedings before the Review Tribunal under the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 under—
(i) Section 80 where the client is the person to whom the application relates; and
(ii) Section 83(2) where the client’s case or application to the Tribunal is, or is to be, subject of the proceedings;”
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 17 October 2019.
Peter May
A senior officer of the Department of Justice
