Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2003/435
Timestamp: 2015-07-04 17:48:25
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 1', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

Skip to main contentSkip to navigationlegislation.gov.ukThe National ArchivesHelpSite MapAccessibilityContact UsCymraegHomeAbout UsBrowse LegislationNew LegislationChanges To LegislationSearch LegislationSearch LegislationTitle: (or keywords in the title)Year:Number:Type:All Legislation (excluding draft)All Primary Legislation UK Public General Acts UK Local Acts Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts of the National Assembly for Wales Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Church Measures Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament Acts of the English Parliament Acts of the Old Irish Parliament Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain Northern Ireland Orders in Council Measures of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Northern Ireland ParliamentAll Secondary Legislation UK Statutory Instruments Wales Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Statutory Rules Church Instruments UK Ministerial Orders UK Statutory Rules and OrdersAll Draft Legislation UK Draft Statutory Instruments Scottish Draft Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Draft Statutory RulesAll Impact Assessments UK Impact AssessmentsSearchAdvanced SearchAccess to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003You are here:2003 No. 435 (N.I. 10)Whole OrderTable of ContentsContentMore ResourcesPreviousNextPlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As made)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole OrderOpen Order without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyMore ResourcesOriginal Print PDFView moreChanges to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.N.I.Statutory Instruments2003 No. 435 (N.I. 10)Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 200327th February 2003PART IN.I.CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND INTERPRETATIONCitation and commencementN.I.1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Subordinate Legislation MadeP1Art. 1(2) power partly exercised: 28.7.2003 and 1.11.2003 appointed for specified provisions by S.R. 2003/344, arts. 2-4, Schs. 1, 2 (as amended by S.R. 2003/439, art. 2); 2.11.2003 appointed for specified provisions by S.R. 2003/440, art. 3, Sch. (with transitional provisions in art. 4); 9.3.2005 appointed for specified provisions by S.R. 2005/111, art. 3 (with savings and transitional provisions in arts. 4-6 and art. 4 revoked by S.R. 2009/312, art. 3); 9.11.2005 appointed for specified provisions by S.R. 2005/503, art. 2; 20.3.2006 appointed for specified provisions by {S.R. 2006/27}, arts. 2, 3InterpretationN.I.2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F1 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
“child” has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998F2;
“magistrates' court” has the meaning assigned to that expression by Article 2(2)(b) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981F3;
“solicitor” means a solicitor of the[F4Court of Judicature];
(3) References to counsel and solicitors shall be construed in accordance with Article 10 of the European Communities (Services of Lawyers) Order 1978F6 and regulation 14 of the European Communities (Lawyer's Practice) Regulations 2000F7.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F11954 c. 33 (NI)F21998 NI 9F31981 NI 26F4Words in Order substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(b)(d)F51954 c. 33 (NI)F6SI 1978/1910F7SI 2000/1119PART IIN.I.NORTHERN IRELAND LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSIONN.I.Northern Ireland Legal Services CommissionN.I.3.—(1) There shall be a body known as the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission (in this Order referred to as “the Commission”).
Membership of the CommissionN.I.4.—(1) The Commission shall consist of—
Power to replace Commission with two bodiesN.I.5.—(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order establish in place of the Commission two bodies—
PlanningN.I.6.—(1) The Commission shall inform itself about—
Powers of CommissionN.I.7.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part and Article 41, the Commission may do anything which it considers—
GuidanceN.I.8.—(1) The Lord Chancellor may give guidance to the Commission as to the manner in which he considers it should discharge its functions.
Northern Ireland law and foreign lawN.I.9.—(1) The Commission may not fund—
Civil legal servicesN.I.Civil legal servicesN.I.10.—(1) For the purposes of this Order “civil legal services” means advice, assistance and representation, other than advice, assistance or representation which the Commission is required to fund as criminal defence services.