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Article 1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)This Order may be cited as the Court of Judicature Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017.
(2)Articles 1, 3 and 4 shall come into operation on 1st April 2017.
(3)Article 2 shall come into operation immediately after the coming into operation of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.
(4)In this Order—
(a)“the principal Order” means the Court of Judicature Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 2017; and
(b)“the Aarhus Convention” means the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environment Matters done at Aarhus on 25th June 1998.
Article 2Amendments to the principal Order#
In Article 9(2) (Exemptions and refunds) of the principal Order—
(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (d) for “.” substitute “;”; and
(b)after sub-paragraph (d) insert—“e universal credit paid under Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.”
Article 3Amendments to the principal Order#
For sections 1 to 6 of the Schedule to the principal Order there shall be substituted the new sections set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Article 4Saving Provision#
The principal Order as it applied immediately before Article 3 of this Order came into operation, continues to apply to a judicial review or review under any statutory provision of a decision, act or omission which is subject to the provisions of the Aarhus Convention.
Schedule
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