Impact Assessments - A Revised Framework for the Assessment of Legal Aid Costs Subject to Taxation

Overview

The Department of Justice is consulting on the impact assessments associated with the policy consultation on Legal Aid - A Revised Framework for the Assessment of Legal Aid Costs Subject to Taxation. 

As there is an obligation to consult for a period of 12 weeks on the impact assessments, the Department has taken the decision to consult separately on the policy and the impact assessments to limit delays on the policy proposals.

The impact assessments can be accessed below:

Impact Assessment Screening

Equality Impact Screening

Rural Needs Impact Assessment

Human Rights Impact Assessment

Why your views matter

This consultation seeks views on the impact assessments associated with the policy consultation on Legal Aid - A Revised Framework for the Assessment of Legal Aid Costs Subject to Taxation to help in the finalisation of the impact assessments.

This consultation is open to all individuals, businesses, organisations and representative bodies.

It is recognised that people may wish to submit a response using the response template at Annex 2 of the consultation document or to provide a long form response to this consultation as opposed to utilising Citizen Space format. This is an acceptable format for response and can be submitted to the e-mail address provided on this page.