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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Northern Ireland Statutory Rule: The Civil Legal Services (Cost Protection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 No. 199
2. In these Regulations—
“advice”, “assistance” and “representation” have the respective meanings given by Article 2(2) of the Order;
“certificate” means a certificate issued under the Procedure Regulations certifying a decision to fund representation for the client and “emergency certificate” means a certificate issued under those Regulations certifying a decision to fund representation for the client in a case of emergency;
“client” means an individual who receives funded services;
“costs order” means an order that a party pay all or part of the costs of proceedings;
“cost protection” means the limit on costs awarded against a client set out in Article 18(1) of the Order;
“court” includes any tribunal having the power to award costs in favour of, or against, a party;
“funded proceedings” means proceedings (including prospective proceedings) in relation to which the client receives funded services or, as the case may be, that part of proceedings during which the client receives funded services;
“funded services” means services which are provided directly for a client and funded for that client by the Department of Justice as part of civil legal services under Articles 10 to 20 of the Order;
“the Order” means the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;
“the Procedure Regulations” mean the Civil Legal Services (Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015;
“proceedings” include proceedings in any tribunal which is a court, as defined, in this regulation;
“unassisted party” has the meaning given by Article 19(1) of the Order.
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